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Not this again. For the better part of a decade, broadcasters have made efforts to create a "broadcast treaty" which would grant broadcasters extra special rights above and beyond copyright.

Under such a rule, a broadcaster who put on public domain material could then claim a "broadcast right" to the content and lock it up.

Ustream, one of the best services for those in need of a free video streaming platform, has just

OnePeople: "In other words, they are putting every producer and broadcaster (which includes individuals) of video on the web in a position where they must pay rent to the MPEG LA consortium."

The advertising pie is finite, and consumers don't want to pay for Web subscriptions, says a former broadcaster turned Internet entrepreneur.