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BOARD TEMPORARILY BACKS OFF KILLING INTERNET RADIO TO PLEASE RECORDING
CORPORADOS
FMQB - The Copyright Royalty Board has officially posted its ruling on
Internet royalty rates in the Federal Register. However, the
organization has pushed back the due date for royalty payments to kick
in, from May 15 to July 15. The publication of this information also
allows the 30 day period for appeals to officially begin. NPR is slated
to file an appeal in this time frame. The Save Net Radio organization
calls the decision "welcome news for webcasters...artists...and
listeners," and notes that it will "spend the next 45 days educating
Members of Congress and their staffs about the incredible diversity of
programming Internet radio offers us all. We will set the ticking clock
back 45 days and continue the fight to free Internet radio from these
devastating fee increases."
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=400471
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WHY HATE CRIME LAWS AREN'T A GOOD IDEA
GLOBE & MAIL, CANADA - The Vatican's official newspaper accused an
Italian comedian on Wednesday of “terrorism� for criticizing the
Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style
political violence. In an unusually strongly worded editorial,
L'Osservatore Romano said a presenter of a televised May Day rock
concert, which is sponsored by Italy's labour unions, had launched
“vile attacks� on Pope Benedict in front of an “excitable
crowd�. “This, too, is terrorism. It's terrorism to launch attacks
on the Church,� it said. “It's terrorism to stoke blind and
irrational rage against someone who always speaks in the name of love,
love for life and love for man.�
At the concert, held every year in front of the Saint John in Lateran
basilica — Rome's cathedral where Pope Benedict sits as bishop — one
of the presenters, Andrea Rivera, spoke out against the Pontiff's stand
on a number of issues. “The Pope says he doesn't believe in evolution.
I agree, in fact the Church has never evolved,� he said. He also
criticized the Church for refusing to give a Catholic funeral to
Piergiorgio Welby, a man who campaigned for euthanasia as he lay
paralyzed with muscular dystrophy. He died in December after a doctor
agreed to unplug his respirator.
“I can't stand the fact that the Vatican refused a funeral for Welby
but that wasn't the case for (Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet or
(Spanish dictator Francisco) Franco,� he said between musical acts at
the open-air concert.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070502.
wvatican0502/EmailBNStory/International/home
JOSH GERSTEIN, NY SUN - A Jewish group is calling for the firing of an
outspoken CNN anchor, Lou Dobbs, after he accused advocates for illegal
immigrants of using propaganda techniques employed by Nazi Germany.
"Comparisons to Nazis — especially in this day and age — are
abhorrent," the president and CEO of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society,
Gideon Aronoff, said in a statement yesterday. " Mr. Dobbs has crossed
the line between responsible television commentary and hate-speech
propaganda of his own. Keeping him on the air is essentially sanctioning
by CNN — which is why we're asking CNN to remove Dobbs from his very
public platform." In a broadcast last week, Mr. Dobbs denounced
immigrant-rights groups for portraying a crackdown on illegal
immigration as a threat to foreigners who live in America legally.
http://www.nysun.com/article/53574?access=962392
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BOARD TEMPORARILY BACKS OFF KILLING INTERNET RADIO TO PLEASE RECORDING
CORPORADOS
FMQB - The Copyright Royalty Board has officially posted its ruling on
Internet royalty rates in the Federal Register. However, the
organization has pushed back the due date for royalty payments to kick
in, from May 15 to July 15. The publication of this information also
allows the 30 day period for appeals to officially begin. NPR is slated
to file an appeal in this time frame. The Save Net Radio organization
calls the decision "welcome news for webcasters...artists...and
listeners," and notes that it will "spend the next 45 days educating
Members of Congress and their staffs about the incredible diversity of
programming Internet radio offers us all. We will set the ticking clock
back 45 days and continue the fight to free Internet radio from these
devastating fee increases."
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=400471
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WHY HATE CRIME LAWS AREN'T A GOOD IDEA
GLOBE & MAIL, CANADA - The Vatican's official newspaper accused an
Italian comedian on Wednesday of “terrorism� for criticizing the
Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style
political violence. In an unusually strongly worded editorial,
L'Osservatore Romano said a presenter of a televised May Day rock
concert, which is sponsored by Italy's labour unions, had launched
“vile attacks� on Pope Benedict in front of an “excitable
crowd�. “This, too, is terrorism. It's terrorism to launch attacks
on the Church,� it said. “It's terrorism to stoke blind and
irrational rage against someone who always speaks in the name of love,
love for life and love for man.�
At the concert, held every year in front of the Saint John in Lateran
basilica — Rome's cathedral where Pope Benedict sits as bishop — one
of the presenters, Andrea Rivera, spoke out against the Pontiff's stand
on a number of issues. “The Pope says he doesn't believe in evolution.
I agree, in fact the Church has never evolved,� he said. He also
criticized the Church for refusing to give a Catholic funeral to
Piergiorgio Welby, a man who campaigned for euthanasia as he lay
paralyzed with muscular dystrophy. He died in December after a doctor
agreed to unplug his respirator.
“I can't stand the fact that the Vatican refused a funeral for Welby
but that wasn't the case for (Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet or
(Spanish dictator Francisco) Franco,� he said between musical acts at
the open-air concert.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070502.
wvatican0502/EmailBNStory/International/home
JOSH GERSTEIN, NY SUN - A Jewish group is calling for the firing of an
outspoken CNN anchor, Lou Dobbs, after he accused advocates for illegal
immigrants of using propaganda techniques employed by Nazi Germany.
"Comparisons to Nazis — especially in this day and age — are
abhorrent," the president and CEO of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society,
Gideon Aronoff, said in a statement yesterday. " Mr. Dobbs has crossed
the line between responsible television commentary and hate-speech
propaganda of his own. Keeping him on the air is essentially sanctioning
by CNN — which is why we're asking CNN to remove Dobbs from his very
public platform." In a broadcast last week, Mr. Dobbs denounced
immigrant-rights groups for portraying a crackdown on illegal
immigration as a threat to foreigners who live in America legally.
http://www.nysun.com/article/53574?access=962392
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