[Frank Senior]

I'm a song writer.

I don't think charging double royalties on Internet radio stations is fair. I think INet stations should pay anual affiliation fees like all other broadcasters.
I agree that INet will become the dominant delivery mechanism for audio in the future. And I think the creators of that music should be paid.
OK. So maybe RIAA comes off like the establishment monolith that protects the old-fatguy-robber-barron labels, it doesn't matter. Unauthorized duplication is still stealing from the owner/creator.
Someone needs to make this point: if you use someone else's intelectual property for your own profit, you have to pay.

A personal note: aside from being a songwriter I'm also a fair musician and a truly lousy engineer (Laughter.) Not even qualified to swab out the loo. But hey, I keep reading this mystifying stuff on these boards, and I'm learning!

Keep those zinger posts coming, editor, shaggy, et. al.