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Feed Engadget: Senators Wyden and Brownback promise to push Internet Radio Equality Act (engadget.com)

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio

Things haven't looked great for internet radio stations for a while now, and though SoundExchange has put a pause on the rate hikes while it's in talks with the webcasters, not much progress has been made, and US Senators Ron Wyden (D) and Sam Brownback (R) have decided to do something about it. They're promising to push forward their co-sponsored "Internet Radio Equality Act," which hopes to chuck the new extravagant rates decided upon by the Copyright Royalty Board and return to a flat percentage-of-revenue model. Wyden and Brownback also decry the recording industry's use of a minimum per-station fee to leverage broadcasters into DRM, which "fails to respect the established principles of fair use and consumer rights." While they do support a negotiated solution, the Senators promise to takes steps toward passage of the IREA if there's no progress in negotiations by Labor Day. To throw your weight in behind the movement, check out the read link.

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Comment Re:DePauw should NOT be #3 (Score 0) 429

As a graduate of DePauw's computer science department, I would respectfully disagree. I will admit DePauw is not a perfect school, but no place ever is. DePauw prepared me well for "Real Life" and I've been happily employed in my field since graduation (where I've done work in both Java and .NET with no problems). DePauw's philosophy is to teach thinking skills, not to be a Computer Science trade school, so in the end, whether you agree or not, you probably got a better education than you realize (If you were paying attention). I can't speak for the last couple of years personally and forcing people to buy Dell laptops does concern me. However, all things considered, I think that DePauw's efforts/attempts to be more connected are admirable, and are certainly much better than a school deciding not to do anything because they're not 100% sure what the most effective long term course of action is. I will admit that certain things I saw were done for marketing purposes, but in the end, I gained benefit from even those things. Part of my decision to attend DePauw was because of their installation of ethernet to every dorm room in 1996 (when it WAS uncommon for dorms to be wired to the internet). After hearing about all the schools that have "incorrect" information on this survey, maybe DePauw wouldn't be #3. But it's not DePauw's fault that the other schools didn't take the survey seriously.

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