Anyone (Jack?) see the story on /. yesterday about the webcasting rates? Won't that kill all Internet radio under a huge burden of cost? <p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
> Anyone (Jack?) see the story on /. yesterday about the webcasting rates? > Won't that kill all Internet radio under a huge burden of cost?Are you saying it wasn't already dying? :) Those are set in stone, but similar rates and terms probably soon will be. Remember, they are retroactive to 1998 or so. Someone was saying the big broadcasters (Spinner/NetRadio/Live365) owe on the order of $225,000/mo retroactively. Heh :) I haven't run the numbers but I don't think anyone but aol really has that kind of money :) jack. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Jack Moffitt wrote:> > Anyone (Jack?) see the story on /. yesterday about the webcasting rates? > > Won't that kill all Internet radio under a huge burden of cost? > > Are you saying it wasn't already dying? :) > > Those are set in stone, but similar rates and terms probably soon will > be. Remember, they are retroactive to 1998 or so. > > Someone was saying the big broadcasters (Spinner/NetRadio/Live365) owe > on the order of $225,000/mo retroactively. Heh :) I haven't run the > numbers but I don't think anyone but aol really has that kind of money > :)How can anyone make retroactive charging stick? -- Have you stopped beating your wife yet? <p><p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.