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- <p><font size=5><font color="#aaoooo"><b><font size=6>R</font>ules and regulatory bodies </b></font></font>
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- <font size=5><b>M</b></font>any site developers are now adding music to their pages,
- either as a primary function or an extra feature. But the
- very nature of the medium means it has
- yet to be properly regulated. The danger is that when that
- happens, the Internet music industry could collapse before
- it has had a fair chance of
- generating revenue.
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- <font size=5><b>'T</b></font>he question is what you can get away with while the
- licensing departments and record companies work out what
- they are doing,' says Price. He says he
- avoids problems with bodies like the <a href="http://www.leisuredata.co.uk/law7.htm">
- Performing Rights
- Society (PRS)</a>, which collects royalties for artists,
- composers and publishers, by being on friendly
- terms and not relying totally on the site's music content.
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- <font size=5><b>'I</b></font>f you are trying to put something serious together
- the regulatory bodies will let you,' he says. 'They're
- being quite good by allowing the market to
- establish itself before stamping them all out.'
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