I'm getting a different meaning entirely out of this article... it's a bit confusing, I had to re-read it slowly a couple times before it made sense.
What the court's actual ruling concerned is *NOT* independent internet-only broadcasters, such as you or me running a Live365 station. Internet-only broadcasters have had to pay full royalties since the DMCA was enacted in 1998. Internet broadcasters are paying for these, in effect, when they pay their monthly Live365 membership fee. In this particular court case, it was decided to apply this same structure to traditional AM/FM broadcasters that simulcast over the internet. Until now, AM/FM broadcasters had been exempt from paying full royalties. Dare I say it, this actually makes sense -- why should an AM/FM station pay lower royalties on their internet feed than you or I? -- JoBot www.subsonicnation.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jurren baars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 5:42 AM Subject: Re: (313) internet radio ruling > you'll find that the US is an anomaly with regards to the payment for the > transmission of sound recordings over terrestrial radio. > > other countries recognise a right in the broadcast of copyright sound > recordings - on and offline. > > depending on how underground the music is - the RIAA will not control that > repertoire, and thus will have no rights to claim....it will take alot of > resources for the RIAA to implement a licence scheme for all US sites that > stream music.. > > it will be interesting to see how internet radio portals like live365 deal > with the ruling...... > > > > on 22/10/03 8:14 PM, jurren baars at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/3096481 > > > > internet radio will have to pay royalties. > > not just that, they'll have to pay royalties to the producers, artists and > > composers of the work. > > traditional radio only has to pay royalties to the composers. > > > > the reason why tradition radio has to pay royalties only to the composers, > > and not producers and artists is that: traditional radio stimulates sales, > > whereas internet radio does not... > > > > it's not yet the final verdict, but this might have some serious > > consequences on internet radio in general, but underground music in > > particular. > > > > jurren > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > >
