I have just recieved notice from DJ MG owner of the Underground Files that
he had to bring his internet webcast down. A couple of months ago he and I
recieved an email from BMI urging us to purchase a licence from them in
order to broadcast over the internet. About a month later we both got a
letter in the mail in regards to the same thing. After some research we
discovered that the licence would cost $250 per year. Both of us ignored the
letter, however this weekend MG recieved a certified notice from BMI, due to
this he pulled the broadcast prtion of his site down. Have done some follow
up research I found these two articles up at CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/04/13/webcasting.royalties.idg/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/12/20/music.fees.idg/index.html
MG has been in contact with the owners of other sites like Gotta Have House
and it seems we are all being hit with the same thing. What the f*^%k is
going on. I urge all of you to follow up on this info. The future of
Underground Radio is now under attack on the net. We couldn't get FCC
licensing for FM broadcast and now we are being urged to pay fees to
broadcast on the net. What is that? I can understand of you are making money
off of your webcast but most of us do this simply to promote quality
underground music.
Please go to http://www.undergroundfiles.com for more info.
j.d.
http://www.undergroundcommittee.com
504.837.4783 tel
504.553.5628 tel
504.553.5627 fax
Keepin' it real, keepin' it UNDERGROUND..........Underground Committee.com
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