[NetBehaviour] Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting as 'A Form of Piracy'.

[marc garrett]

Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting as 'A Form of Piracy'.

The recording industry and U.S. radio companies have squared off for 
decades about whether AM and FM radio broadcasters should pay royalties 
to singers, musicians and their labels.

But now the debate is getting meaner; there's more at stake as the 
recording industry seeks new income avenues in the wake of wanton 
peer-to-peer piracy and declining CD sales in part due to the iPod and 
satellite radio. A U.S. House subcommittee could vote as early as 
Thursday on a royalty measure.

On Monday, the recording industry sent the National Association of 
Broadcasters -- the trade group representing the $16 billion a year 
AM-FM broadcasting business -- a can of herring to underscore that it 
believes its arguments against paying royalties are a red herring. The 
NAB says its members should not pay royalties because AM-FM radio 
"promotes" the music industry.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/recording-indus.html