Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Mike Anderson;214420 Wrote: Question: Who can we boycott to protest this situation? The federal government? This is mostly a legislative / US Copyright Office issue. -- superbad superbad's Profile:

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Looks like net radio gets to live another day http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/07/13/internet_radio/ -- agentsmith SB2, Pioneer DV-S733A, Benchmark DAC1, Naim Nait 5i, Naim Ariva Speakers. Playstation 3 for Blu-Ray, Panasonic 43 Plasma, Harmony 880. Storage via Buffalo 250GB LANStation,

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

See the postings from a bit earlier to see that the respite offered was not wildly appreciated by all of the USA webcasters. In all of the various discussions - I have not seen anyone try to compare how things are in different countries. As an example - the official rates for a UK webcaster

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

agentsmith;214874 Wrote: Looks like net radio gets to live another day http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/07/13/internet_radio/ I don't read it that way. First, the main concession is the per-channel fee that tended to hurt individualized oferings like Pandora a bunch, and didn't hurt

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

But Mike, by the time the pain is noticed by the big boys in their balance sheet months later, it will be too late for many of these stations who won't be able to sustain themselves even for weeks - certainly not months. Also, it seems there's nothing we can do to help from this side of the

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Reading the latest news about the CRB and Internet Radio rates, I'm struck by the royalty formula http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/07/webcasters_face_music Webcasting royalty payments for Jan. 1, 2006, to July 1, 2007, due under the new scheme would total $.000762 times the

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Synced players on radio stations automatically proxy the stream through SlimServer. While on SN, each player will make a separate HTTP connection to the audio server. There is some good news today though: http://blog.wired.com/music/ -- andyg

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Thanks, Andy, that's good to know about the architecture. The business/political news is somewhat encouraging, but it seems more encouraging for mid/large outfits like Pandora and Live365, and less encouraging for small outfits like Folk Alley and Twang City. We need to keep calling our

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Looks like Congress has flexed it's muscle: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/07/webcasters_face_music Great work everyone who called. Everyone who hasn't should still call and put their word in to their representatives. -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager

Re: [slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Question: Who can we boycott to protest this situation? Dollars are the only arguments these people understand. Threaten them with a loss of sales, and maybe they'll start behaving reasonably. -- Mike Anderson 'FREE RADICAL RADIO!' (http://nvo.com/cd) Hours of free radical MP3s.

[slim] Emergency Action Needed! - Save Net Radio!!

Guys, The US court of appeals denied Net Radio's emergency stay today. That means that the new rates will hit webcasters this Monday. Many of them will likely be put out of business immediately or soon after. Please please follow the link below and call your Congressmen and Senators today.