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> >So uh, you think it's worth more for mp3, than the actual music > >involved? > > > >Come on. > > Hmm.. so what you're saying is that for under $2K I can get an unlimited > distribution license from the recording industry? To burn, distribute, > sell and market as much of their material as I like? Wow. Sign me up. Streaming music is $250

...ck rough estimate, I have about 1000 mp3s in my master playlist which spans about 60 or 70 hours, so I'll call it 70 hours for 1000 performances. That's ~125,000 performances a year, which equates to about $180,000. Significantly higher than the Frauhofer license, unless you generate $9Mil/yr or more in revenue from your stream. >Fraunhofer didn't invent parts of mp3. Netscape certainly had their hands >in the spec. Microsoft too. MS had their hands in it yes, NS maybe, but they're not currently a W3C member. A full list of members is available at http://www.w3.o...

> performances. That's ~125,000 performances a year, which equates to about > $180,000. > > Significantly higher than the Frauhofer license, unless you generate > $9Mil/yr or more in revenue from your stream. The rates are in arbitration, and I doubt they will come out anywhere near that amount. It just isn't feasible, even for large companies. Reember, tradidional radio doesn't have to pay these, even if they are broadcasting online. Nor are they subje...