Bristol
Well, its official the new season of Dancing With The Stars will star...BRISTOL PALIN! Seriously? A teenager gets knocked up by an idiot and now she's famous??? Why??? This is going to give such hope for all the un-wed, teenage moms out there. IBF.
- Thanks Chantal:I see your point and agree with you, but to a limited eenxtt.To me, it appears that the governmment must make out a valid case for this differentiation. And to this eenxtt, all the reasons offered by you and the previous commentators appear valid. The potential justifications could be:1. FM Radio is a new industry that the government is actively trying to encourage. This industry does not have the kind of deep pockets that TV channels have. Therefore, FM radio requires more state support and protection than does TV, which is a traditional strong industry with powerful lobbies and deep pockets. 2. Secondly, radio is almost always a free service (paid for by ads only), whereas most TV channels are subscription based. Therefore a compulsory license and lower licensing fees would greatly help Radio. 3. Thirdly, most of the audio content today (re: music) is licensed from two collecting societies, PPL and IPRS. A radio broadcast merely requires the licensing from PPL and IPRS. Whereas a video broadcast (through TV) would also require a license over visual content---making it a much more complex area for licensing. This last point is the one you are attempting to raise. But i would argue that the very fact that licensing over visuals is more challenging (with more single owners that one might have to approach) makes it more amenable (from a policy perspective) for compulsory licensing. It reduces transaciton costs and enables greater access to content whilst ensuring the content owner is remunerated appropriately (assuming of course that the Board gets it right). Personally, I am a big fan of compulsory licensing and think that, as a country, we need to move more extensively to a compulsory licensing regime for the future. Since it is a good way in which we can remunerate the IP owner and also ensure that the content is more widely accessible and available. So what if this has not been done before in other countries. Why should we always follow in their footsteps?
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