Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Give 'til it Hurts

The battles over raised streaming fees begins as Chicago radio station 9FM bans free CD giveaways with the stated reason being "In the face of the RIAA’s struggles, it just doesn’t seem fair for us to be giving away CDs (for free) to music fans fully capable of paying for the music themselves."

The station began airing PSA style mentions encouraging listeners to voice their concerns over the latest ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board to raise streaming fees, and offered to 'buy back' any CDs the station had given away by trading it for a t-shirt.

You can read the entire press release here.

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