Doc Searls has written an insightful article about the threat to internet radio in the US due to a recent copyright board decision.

The article is called Internet Radio on Death Row and it’s a must read if you want a better understanding of why internet radio as we know it may soon disappear.

In a move that recalls the Vogons’ decision to destroy Earth to clear the way for a highway bypass through space (a thankfully fictional premise of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy), the judges comprising the Copyright Royalty Board have decided to destroy the Internet radio industry so the Recording Industry won’t be inconvenienced by something it doesn’t know, like or understand.