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Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Jarmo Lundgren: > > >so let's say that every hour you play 12 songs, and 50 people > >listen, that's 84 cents (or 93 euro cents). every hour. so > >if just a few people out of those 50 can chip in some pocket > >change, costs are covered. > > Hey, this sounds reasonable! > OK, here's how the Commie Radio System works. it's a "Five-Year Plan for Broadcasting Freedom" (tm). (this plan is covered by the Commie General License, which I don't think Japi has posted to commie.oy.com.) you know how many people are listening bcos you have a web interface that you have to log in to. people will do it, bcos they don't _have_ to pay for the music. and this means you don't get hassled by Teosto. you transmit from a club that wants free promotion. you have a change bucket. and maybe also a mail slot, so that people just passing by can also chip in. (people can also transfer money to a bank account. they're listening on their PC, and they have a web interface to their bank, so prospects are good that people will contribute a euro here, a euro there.) every contribution gets mentioned on the air. (hey, it's an easy way to thank people and stroke their ego at the same time ;-) all the time you know how many people are listening, and you know how much the broadcast is costing, in real money that has to get paid to Teosto as royalties. if contributions are running ahead of expenses, the DJ can buy a sandwich. if contribs are running WAY ahead of expenses, the DJ can get loaded. this creates incentives for good DJ'ing. 62 ................................. To find out, what address you were using, when joining MP3-Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/whocommie.html
