IP: RAIN exclusive: Cuban says Yahoo! deal was designed to STIFLE competition!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:12:44 +0200
To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: FW: RAIN exclusive: Cuban says Yahoo! deal was designed to STIFLE
competition!



-----Original Message-----
From: Radio And Internet Newsletter
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 5:57 PM
To: Geoff
Subject: RAIN exclusive: Cuban says Yahoo! deal was designed to STIFLE
competition!



Dear Geoff,

The very deal upon which both the CARP and the Librarian of Congress
have used as a base for rates for the Internet radio industry -- the
Yahoo!/RIAA agreement -- was SPECIFICALLY crafted to make it difficult
for smaller webcasters to compete against Yahoo!

That's according to Mark Cuban, whose Broadcast.com company was acquired
by Yahoo! shortly before the webcasting agreement was signed. He tells
RAIN in an e-mail that Yahoo! conceded an artificially high royalty rate
to avoid a "percentage of revenue" arrangement -- so that
less-well-funded webcasters would be unable to compete!

We have all the details, including Cuban's e-mail to RAIN in its
entirety, in today's edition of "RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter."
Please see it at http://www.kurthanson.com.

Also today: SomaFM has ceased operation following the Librarian's rate
determination; Clear Channel will continue to stream for now; and RAIN
Reader Feedback. 

Today's issue is brought to you by Presslaff Interactive Revenue's
Dat-e-Base. Build relationships and revenue with your e-mail marketing
efforts. 

Sincerely,

Paul Maloney
Editor, RAIN

P.S. Today's previously-scheduled "very special issue" of RAIN,
featuring RAIN Vendor Guide Ver. 2.0, has been pushed back a day so that
we could bring you the Cuban story. (Watch for the issue...and please
support the fine firms that bring you RAIN!)


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