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| From | "Eytan Mirsky" <eytanmirsky@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: the webcasters' Day of Silence tomorrow |
| Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:12:25 -0400 |
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I don't really care one way or another because I'm sure I'll never see any
royalties from any kind of radio, but I thought I'd pass on the other side
(from a letter from the company that administers my publishing):
"Here in Los Angeles KCRW has been running a wholly self-serving campaign in
support of a legislative lobbying attempt to reverse a perfectly valid and
well-considered ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board to set rates internet
radio stations must pay publishers and labels in order to transmit their
songs. A coalition called SaveNetRadio, backed by DiMA (the Digital Media
Assn.) which is turn backed by the likes of AOL, Apple and Yahoo, are
funding this nationwide campaign and they not only have the power of
significant money, they have the airwaves to get their one-sided message out
without fear of contradiction.
The fact is the CRB ruling was proper appealed and they lost. They lost
because you deserve the reasonable royalties internet radion should be
required to pay for your music, just as traditional radio does. This is
nothing more than a blatant attempt by corporations to increase their piece
of the pie at your and our expense."
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