"San Francisco's popular SomaFM, which drew more than a thousand listeners a day at its peak, went offline just days after the Webcasting decision. At the top of its Web site, which now gives news but no music, a short message reads: "Killed by the RIAA. June 20, 2002." Tag's Trance Trip, operated by one of AOL's Nullsoft employees, went off the air just hours after the rates' release. Florida-based Good Time Oldies signed off June 30. " Anger? Yes. Anger. The RIAA had an opportunity to make a great deal of money off of small webcasters, but that wasn't good enough for them. So through their actions they have undermined the rule of law for an entire generation. Do you miss crime? Do you wish you could set the internet clock back to 1991? Well, here is your chance. These fuckers can have my MP3s when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers. And this time its not just a hand full of hackers who will be shaped by the experience. When organized crime becomes this widespread what you will have is genuine threat to the future of credible democratic government. What I find most astonishing is this comment: "Certainly the technology is there, so it's possible," said Ryan Jones, an Internet media analyst with The Yankee Group research firm. "But before there is a drag-and-drop (technology), I can't see who would really want to go through the effort to create a station that doesn't generate revenue." How long can ignorance like that go on?! When are these people going to realise just how baddly they have fucked things up?? Net radio raises a pirate flag - Tech News - CNET.com | 
