I got a gift! And I have a question about Music from the Cube...

[liz_marcs]

Awwwww, [Poll #962089][Poll #962089]That should do it. If you have any additional comments, feel free to make them below.

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[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

I think a flocked comm is a great idea -- I _love_ the MFTC posts, and would be sad if you quit doing them or went to streaming (stremaing just doesn't really do it for me, sadly). Also, TPTB are going after streaming? WTF?

Also also, that mood icon is hott.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely going to a FLocked comm as the lesser of all evils (I've set it up and have been playing with settings for the past hour or two.)

Like I said, I haven't gotten into any trouble over them, but in the past four months there've been a few links showing up in various non-LJ places (like on the chatboards of an artist's official Web site). I'm such small potatoes that I highly doubt someone would go after me personally, but I'd feel more comfortable putting an extra layer between me and a possible RIAA legal letter.

As for streaming, it comes down to royalties paid on songs played. The draconian rate structure would pretty much shut down any U.S.-based on-line radio or streaming music companies (Last.fm in the U.K. would not be affected) because the amount of money the streamers would have to pay could easily exceed gross income. Needless to say, a lot of big media companies are trying to fight it.

David Byrne (ex-Talking Head frontman), who streams music on his blog, explains the problem with the rate structures best.