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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: the webcasters' Day of Silence tomorrow |
| Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:17:19 -0400 |
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AT Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:42:51 Alan wrote:
There's a lot of layers to this argument and both sides are well armed...but
I must respond to this:
>Do you realize that Live365 will go out of business if the proposed royalty
>rates aren't dismissed and renegotiated before July 15th? That's about
>3,500
>webcasters, small and large, webcasting through a company that cannot
>afford
>to stay in business with the new royalties in place as they have been
>proposed. A good number of those 3,500 stations play pop and power pop, by
>the way.
Or so they would have you believe.
Between Live365's surcharge per month to have people be their own DJs to the
advertising they generate and the kick-back they give subscribers for
bringing in even more subscribers, Live365 isn't going to collapse
overnight. They'll raise their rates, thin the herd of online webcasters and
work within the legislation to stay afloat.
What THEY want you to believe is also self-serving.....because they still
don't pay royalties to SoundExchange through enforcement with their
subscribers.
And pinning all this animosity on the evil RIAA is only half the issue. The
lobbyists for the legislation against webcasters was instigated by
TERRESTRIAL radio who were crying into their beer that they had to pay
performance royalties for broadcasting while webcasters did not. If you're
going to blame people, make sure the guns are pointed at all the
culprits....not just the RIAA. The RIAA is merely trying to prop up the
dying, antiquated interests of terrestrial radio. And when all those
stations are dead and there's nothing left but internet and satellite radio
you can be sure the RIAA will find a reason to take up the cause of
reversing the CRB.
>If the proposed royalty rates go through, most, if not all, Internet
>webcasters will stop broadcasting by July 15. Is this really what you want?
You really believe this?
Maybe the little webcasters like yourself or even me (I have a station on
Live365 as well....though, I play my own music and it serves me well to keep
these songs on the air)....but MOST of the webcasters on the Internet?
Please....this law only exists in the US. If I have to, I'll just broadcast
from a safe ISP in Canada...and off we go. As will others. I'm sure Mexico
would be a cheap place to get server space too.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
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