the big music companies are being mean!

I think it is positively absurd that radio stations will have to pay royalties to artists and bands whenever they play a song on their station. This could be detrimental to the health of many people and businesses.. we shall start with the simple ones... garage bands that want to make a living in the music industry are going to have a much harder time getting their songs on the air because they aren't going to want to pay a band that might make it they want the sure thing that they know kids or adults will listen to.
the next issue at hand is the Radio Stations and how this will affect them. Lets for instance take a look at the small stations with a small spectrum of listeners to begin with. These are stations that cant afford the a 24 hour full time live dj because they are too costly. radio stations run solely on advertising and a small station will most likely rely on small businesses to fuel their income. If this royalty law gets passed then stations will have to raise their advertising prices. This in turn will be too expensive for the small businesses and they wont be able to pay for the air time.. potential customers will not be able to learn about these companies and businesses will fold and go out of business.
This royalty act is a cry of help from the recording companies and artists to compensate for illegal downloading!!!