The history of webcasting legislation is already rife with turnaround, bottom-of-the-ninth style rescue scenes. Now, after announcing a rate hike that threatened to put independent webcasters out of business for good, the federal Copyright Royalty Board announced that it will rehear arguments.

I think this must be due in no small part to the uproar of bloggers. It’s not too late - call your senators and rebuke this RIAA-sponsored royalty rate hike. To learn more, visit SaveTheStreams.org. This has provoked a lot of historical research and perspective on our part. We’ll be posting a more comprehensive condemnation soon. (And we’re keeping our shirts laundered of spittle resulting from all this shouting at the monitor.)