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Dear Mark, you wrote: "Assuming an average song lasts 5 minutes you can get about 288 songs played in a 24 hour period. 288*.07 cents = 20.16 cents That's about a $1.41 a week. So, that basically means it would cost in the neighborhood of $5.64 a month to broadcast 24 hours a day for a month. This fee is going to stop internet radio? AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?" I'm afraid you are, Mark..........you made an understandable calculation error and made your equation based on 7/100 of a cent per song when, in reality it is 7 cents per song. here's a quick revision of your math: 288 songs X $.07/song = $20.16/24 hours worth of songs $20.16 X 7 (days) = 141.12 a week $141.12 X 4 (weeks) = $564.48 That's an impossible figure and will put almost every 'legal' free internet radio station out of business. period. point. dot There goes the underground, my friend. I completely agree with everyone's assertions that it is important to pay people for their artistry. Unfortunately the media is completely controlled by the major corporations with the exception of College, Independent and 'Free' radio stations and the internet. The ONLY way I have of getting my art out to anything but a region (which I can service in my own car) is to rely on free radio and media. This free 'promotion' of music sets up independent artists to be able to 'transcend' their region and, ultimately, And you think the major labels and the RIAA is going to insure that artists like you and me are going to get our fair share of this money? They don't have a very good track record so far. And,as my wife points out, commercial radio doesn't even have these fees in place and they have advertising revenue (not to mention payola which is back in full swing in the industry right now................fact, it costs $7,000 for ANY artist to add a song to the rotation of any major market radio station...........that's Bjork to the Backstreet Boys) Let's hear it for PIRATE RADIO!!!!! yours, Rick Walker (aka loop.pool)