Silence Is Golden
Gagging Net radio for fun and profit.
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It may take another 10 or 12 years for this to happen, but its application is a mere technical extrapolation of current policy. If Net radio operators who make no money from their operations can be charged performance licensing fees, all broadband users can be as well.
And it will be no accident. And no mistake. Especially the silence that greets those who do not pay.
Reason contributor Jeff Taylor writes from Charlotte, North Carolina.
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