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Post number 4558

baylink — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:02:37 -0800

Wired News reports on the upcoming DMCA review. Via Linux Weekly News: "When music is streamed, webcasters are required to pay a performance royalty. In order to generate smooth playback of incoming streams, computers temporarily store some of the data in memory in a RAM buffer. Music publishers have stated that the data in this buffer should be considered a physical creation that would require webcasters to pay a mechanical royalty, similar to what they pay for downloads or CDs." Anyone need any more on that? Time to get your congressman on the phone...

By: Ptrin

Ptrin — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:15:19 -0800

When your brain hears music, it must temporarily store the qualities of the sound as chemical signals traveling across synapses. Should they pay a per-synaps royalty?

By: bkdelong

bkdelong — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:23:53 -0800

I don't know why Wired didn't link to the page at the Copyright Office Web site that contains all the information about the study. Best to be educated before you contact your congressman. Be sure to read the summaries of testimony.

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:55:18 -0800

Wonder why the record companies haven't gone after companies that make CD players. Most portables have a buffer that serves exactly the same function.