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Is Internet radio on the brink?

Started by mathewi · 10 months ago

The arcane system by which songwriters, publishers and other rights-holders get compensated when their music is played on the radio in the United States is complicated enough, with quasi-governmental bodies that decide how many pennies each instance will cost, and so on. But at least the fees ... Continue reading »

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  • howardlindzon

    10 months ago

    exxxxactly
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  • Tom Poe

    10 months ago

    The stage has been set now that creative commons licensing is recognized by our court system. Imagine what is happening behind closed doors in the copyright office. For the first time, they have to consider and acknowledge there are some radio stations that play only creative commons licensed music. Explicit permission to broadcast, distribute, share music without penalty by broadcasters around the world. Pandora got their letter, moaned about it, and when I suggested they move to creative commons licensed works, they failed to consider it as a defense.

    The next station will do exactly that, the case will move forward, and the ultimate verdict will be that creative commons licensing eliminates royalties and the RIAA/MPAA/ASCAP/BMI/SESAC and all the rest, will be left wondering why they spent so much money on a lost cause. Better they would have invested that money to compete and reorganize to serve their industry.
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  • Uncle B

    10 months ago

    Internet radio is great! It is probably thr best medium for advertising condoms, sex toys and other adult paraphernalia. It is discreet,, convenient, and for the better part, if available for free(with ads) no one in their right mind would fill their hard drive with recordings of it! - why bother, just tune in . . . Internet radio should take it's proper place as an extension of local AM broadcasts, and for the many listeners on computer can provide instant feedback to programs through email or telephone, much the same as AM station have now, but with extended audiences - the whole net! Freedom of speech, and freedom of expression of ideas and freedom of communication, openly in live forums, the basis of democracy, is being limited by corporate interests . . Rise, lovers of freedom and win this right to communicate freely before the businessmen of the world put a price on it you can't pay and shut you up and enslave you. Do not accept thei dummbing down, kick ass, complain cry out, boycott institutions, develop pirate systems, but do not accept being shut up!
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  • Free Internet Radio

    10 months ago

    As usual there has been a little too much influence from the wrong people in politics. At least places like Echoboost.com that have structured there services differently don't have to be manipulated and controlled as much by Washington.
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  • Niya

    9 months ago

    Internet radio is the best, especially when hooked up to your speaker system. There are so many different types of channels you can catch and so much music you can listen to.
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  • Oxygen Online Radio

    1 day ago

    It's a real shame that an area that could revolutionise radio as we know it (FM/AM) is being squashed like this.

    Internet radio allows very niche services to operate and be listened to by the world - allowing undiscovered/little played music to be given the exposure it wouldn't normally get from the large groups who operate vast numbers of FM radio stations.

    Why not link internet radio royalties to revenue, much like the FM stations do, rather than on a "pay per play" basis?
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