> * Ben Lutgens <blutgens at sistina.com> [010409 18:30]:
> > When was the last time you paid a royalty.
> 
> Well, you pay them all the time.  Look at eventually increased rates for
> legit. online music.  IE: if your trying to get mp3's from mp3.com, even
> if they are free, it will cost them a fee to fhg.  Thats just wrong.

A fee to what? 
What kind of "even if they are free"? If I whip up a little midi recording
and make it available to mp3, do they pay some fee? 

Andy