Note that they can get away with this because they own the rights to the music. I think a huge step towards free internet radio would be the promotion of free content. Some artists are already savvy enough to look after the licensing of their music, and I think others will follow if enough consumers start to show preference. If any of you know any local bands, try discussing with them the rights they sign away when they sign with a record label, and their options with regards to keeping their music free-as-in-speech, while still making them money.
-Tim On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 17:39, John Hebert wrote: > If you aren't aware of it, today many Internet radio > stations are getting the word out that within 3 weeks, > Congress will pass the CARP (Copyright Arbitration > Royalty Panel) recommendations, which basically means > that Internet Radio stations will have to pay $0.14 > per song, _per_ _listener_, for every song they stream > out. For comparison, commercial broadcast stations > will only pay $0.07 per song. > > For more details, see > http://www.saveinternetradio.org/90seconds.asp > > Now is the time to write your Congressman if you want > Internet Radio to continue as it has. See the > http://www.saveinternetradio.org website for details > about writing to your congressional representative. > > John Hebert > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
