Killing off the little guy (this time it's internet radio)

[bobman0330]

To relate back to the original point, if some contractual form of copyright protection would exist in ACland, why wouldn't we expect to see exactly this result? The RIAA would still own all or nearly all of the copyrights (having a collective bargaining agent is more efficient than each artist handing licensing and enforcement on his own), and they would still feel threatened by the internet radio paradigm. So what's to prevent them from charging whatever royalties they want?