At 05:50 PM 5/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: >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.
How would that work? Regards, Dustin >-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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX and Network Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
