NPR on Paying for Music in the Internet Age

good feature -- audio only
Sept. 15, 2004 -- The technologies that record companies blame for the downturn in retail music sales -- computers, CD burners and the Internet -- are allowing musicians to do more of the things that record labels used to do. In a three-part series, NPR's Rick Karr profiles some of the artists and Internet sites embracing these emerging business models:

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[dJsLiM]

Interesting (bit too short) feature. That last part of the segment with the invterview with the guy at RIAA sounds interesting... Would ISPs really accept the idea that they'll be taxed on by the government because the users are listening to music? The technological difficulties in keeping track of all activities on who listens to what in the current day and age of completely distributed music source would prove to be extremely difficult, too... what were your thoughts on the whole ISP tax idea and the RIAA's response?

[gerd]

well.. I think we are a LONG way from that idea becoming reality -- a flat fee for a bundle of broadband plus content. Having said that www.playloudermsp.com in the UK is sort of doing this already.. check it out