>>>That said, it certainly does look like it will be a burden to internet broadcasters to adhere to the law, but it also looks like they should have been aware of the law for a few years now.<<<
Yes, broadcasters have been aware of this for quite some time & have been warning everyone about how it will hurt (put our of business?) the little guys...the info is far too technical for me spend time on reading & understanding right now but I welcome opinions from those of you like Kakki, Brenda, Sharon & others who have backgrounds in this sort of stuff... >>>The law is to protect all artists/copyright holders, including the alternative indie artists who may not be receiving all their proper royalties for broadcast of their original songs through the internet.<<< If it works the way standard radio play works, indie artists are not well protected. Here in the USA (I hear it is different in other countries) ASCAP & the rest only pay royalties to those artists with the most airplay. The rest of us pay our yearly dues without being compensated....the system stinks. Also, in order to get commercial airplay you must pay out enormous amounts of cash (that only the big record labels have) to brokers who then pay the commercial radio stations (a form of legalized payola)...which is why you don't hear the kind of variety you used to on commercial radio. ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ********************************************
