On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Or perhaps it will create a new mode of performance, where people > effectively perform live PAs of their own music over web radio? > > But it's true that someone might be able to motivate a group of label owners > to form a consortium (similar to the way BMI emerged as a reaction to > ASCAP's draconian control over analog broadcast of its artists' music), > which allows its music to be digitally broadcast on the web. If a large > number of underground labels openly supported an initiative like that, we > could keep our decent, underground, web radio, sticking only to the labels > who are members of the consortium (sticking two fingers up to the majors, > whose releases would never be played on underground radio at all).
I think the DMCA is bankrupt, and is part of a larger movement to privatize information and the web. With that said though, this might be an interesting strategy. But this is the question, and Javier might be the best person to answer this. With DJ sets, dj's aren't playing whole songs...just bits of them in most cases. Let's say we tried Brendan's strategy and it was successful...would DJ's be confined to playing songs from the new consortium? peace lks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
