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Comment Re:frosty piss (Score 1) 198

by spvo (#25467343) Attached to: Stem Cells From Fat Create Beating Heart Cells
If all you want to do is get the effects of alcohol without tasting the drink then why the hell would you drink beer? Drink liquor or some sort of mixed drink that will get you drunk without the burden of flavor.

I would bet most people, although certainly not all, drink beer because they do like the way it tastes. And, amazingly enough, some of us actually like to try a variety of beers because we don't want to taste the same one every time.
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Submission + - CRB moves to destroy Internet Music radio in USA

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knorthern knight
knorthern knight writes: "...and the rest of the world is probably next as the RIAA pressures politicians worldwide to "harmonize their policies" with the US. The United States Copyright Royalty Board has basically accepted the big business position, and raised internet radio royalty rates to punitive, indeed destructive levels. Some details are at Broadcast Law Blog. The implications are discussed in more detail at the Save Internet Radio website. To summarize, nobody but the biggies can afford it. Note that these royalties are *IN ADDITION TO* ASCAP/SESAC/BMI royalties that terrestrial radio stations pay. Terrestrial radio will *NOT* have to pay these additional royalties, unless they stream their feeds over the internet."
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Submission + - New Royalty Rates Could Kill Internet Radio

Submitted by FlatCatInASlatVat
FlatCatInASlatVat writes: Kurt Hanson's Radio Internet Newsletter has an analysis of the new royalty rates for Internet Radio announced by the US Copyright Office. The decision is likely to put most internet radio stations out of business by making the cost of broadcasting much higher than revenues. From the article: "The Copyright Royalty Board is rejecting all of the arguments made by Webcasters and instead adopting the "per play" rate proposal put forth by SoundExchange (a digital music fee collection body created by the RIAA)...[The] math suggests that the royalty rate decision — for the performance alone, not even including composers' royalties! — is in the in the ballpark of 100% or more of total revenues." Clear Channel, in the meantime, pays nothing. So long Radio Paradise, and all the other wonderful internet stations.

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