[ale] [OT] congress vote history

[Irv Mullins]

On Friday 18 October 2002 08:53 am, Andrew Grimmke wrote:
...
> Alas, it is clear that Mr. Isakson is more interested
> in protecting the rights of the media to force feed
> lousy music down peoples throats and leave them without
> an alternative; the right of the RIAA members to bleed
> internet radio dry with the intention of killing any
> media outlet not controlled by them and their
> big-media-company friends.

Of course he is. Congress is wined, dined, and provided with all sorts 
of pleasantries by the RIAA lobby, day-in, day-out, on a year-round 
basis. Do you think that any "ordinary citizens" are going to be allowed 
to camp out in the congressional office building? No way.  At this point, 
you're lucky to get a letter to a congressional aide.  Odds are, Mr. Isakson 
won't ever see it, and unless there are thousands of letters expressing 
similar views, he won't even be told about them.  If there are thousands 
of letters expressing the same view, they are likely to be written off as 
some kind of organized 'seminar' effort, and again, Mr. Isakson won't 
ever hear about them. 

Anyway, what's to stop internet radio from playing music by *real* artists,
i.e. those who are not under contract to the music cartel?

Irv




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