Re: [acid-jazz] Webcasting Ruling in U.S.

From: steph99 (beleza@speakeasy.net)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 20:38:30 CEST

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    This part is fascinating to me:

    "Traditional radio stations pay no performance royalties for music played on air
    because they have proven promotional value" (from
    http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52211,00.html )

    To me, webcasters do the same thing, but for much lower profits. I guess I can't
    really concieve of an internet radio station that actually makes money much
    above operating costs, although they supposedly exist, since my experience is
    with all underground brodcasters who do it for love and not much else. I mean,
    of course it has promotional value. Maybe the fight could be continued form
    that angle.

    There's a 30-day appeals period. Also, this raises some interesting ideas about
    how to get around this. What about, in addition to jamming the streets with
    boom boxes, =) forming a company or non-profit that works to fiarly compensate
    artists without the bullshit...basically a nonsense-free RIAA, and launch a
    letter-writing campaign to artists urging them to renegotiate their contracts or
    trash them altogether in favor of small-business-friendly and web-friendly terms
    in regards to royalties. It's so important for newly-signed artists to get
    their heads out of the clouds and fully undestand what they're signing away.
    What about all internet stations going not-for-profit? Would the rates still
    apply? Maybe this will encourage play of more underground artists who don't
    have the same royalty requirements?

    You have to wonder, though, could this be a boon to the epic 10-minute song?
    Since the fees are per-song, maybe this will encourage play of those monster
    whole-side-of-the-record tracks that never get played. =)

    > The big media conglomerates in the U.S. have gottent their way. Read all about
    > it at:
    > http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/georgemannes/10028424.html
    >
    > Maybe we should all just take back the streets with boom boxes.
    >
    >



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