College Radio Stations Fear The DMCA

from the yet-another-reason dept

The government really won't ever learn what an absolutely horrific piece of legislation the DMCA is, will they? The latest problem with the law is that it's going to force many college radio stations to turn off their webcasts by dumping ridiculous extra charges on them that will drive almost all of them out of business. These are charges that they don't even have to pay for regular radio broadcasting. One of the examples they talk about is a college station who's webcasting fees would go from about $600 to between $10,000 and $20,000. The recording industry is doing a great job shrinking that pie they're trying to squeeze every last penny out of.

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