Radio performance tax???

ND13
ND13 Posts: 7,601
edited May 2009 in The Clubhouse
I keep hearing commercials on a few FM radio stations mentioning a tax that's trying to be implented on FREE FM Stereo stations. It's not clear , to me, whether the stations will have to endure this or if the public will have to "contribute", too.

Anyone in the industry know anything or whether it's even so?

This is getting ridiculous.
"SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,771
    edited May 2009
    Can't find anything with google. Haven't heard anything about it, but then I haven't listened to FM in at least 25 years.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited May 2009
    This is the info.

    http://www.noperformancetax.org/
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2009
    I wonder why I have been reading about all these new taxes this year? Hmmmm
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2009
    Socialism baby! Cant have all these wonderful "free" government programs without paying for them. ;)
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited May 2009
    Mac, you're using the OLD math! Try the NEW math, and it'll all work itself out.

    No, really, it WILL!!!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited May 2009
    Don't worry about the math, you won't need to figure anything out. It will all be provided for you.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited May 2009
    What's the greed of record companies have to do the country's government?

    They lost the battle with online downloading so I guess now they are going to attach FM stations to recoup revenue from somewhere.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited May 2009
    If they can stop free music, you'll have to buy it. That's the
    goal. They love downloads, it's just the free, non-DRM stuff
    they don't like. If we all just would download the $1 a song
    compressed, DRM infested crap from them, they could pocket
    all the profit. And it would stop all those nasty "hard copy"
    music formats like records and CD's from being re-sold, traded,
    and listened to in, GASP, CAR, HOME, OR NON_DRM DEVICE!
    You should should have to buy a copy for the car, for the
    house, and your MP3 player. And if you have a power glitch,
    you'll just have to re-purchase your collection. Never mind the
    damn fact that many of us have owned the same music on
    LP, 8-track, CD, and SACD.
    OR, they could get good artists to make good quality recordings.
    And with reasonable pricing, sell quite a few copies. Yeah, right.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited May 2009
    Yup, it's pretty sad. Atleast apple ditched the DRM crap so you don't have to pay extra for drm free music anymore.
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  • POIDOG
    POIDOG Posts: 391
    edited May 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    What's the greed of record companies have to do the country's government?

    The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone, is connected to the.... :D

    By the way what happened to Cobalt Cables? :confused: I have many of their cables in my rig :cool:
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