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| From | shawn campbell <thursdayinjune@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Internet Radio Silence |
| Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:11:52 -0700 (PDT) |
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Jamie writes:
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.
Shawn says:
I just wanted to point out that this is an inaccurate
statement. While some terrestrial radio is hostile to
webcasting (generally because broadcast stations fear
they are losing audience to large webcasters),
terrestrial radio does NOT pay performance royalties,
so this argument doesn't make any sense. Satellite
radio and webcasters pay performance fees, but
terrestrial radio only pays composer fees.
Terrestrial radio has traditionally been viewed as a
promotional force for the labels, and the relationship
between stations and labels/promoters considered
mutually beneficial. There's talk now about
reexamining that longstanding deal, but it hasn't
happened yet.
Further, the new rules impact every broadcast station
that also streams its signal, so, while the RIAA may
be attempting to "protect" its entrenched interests,
nearly all the radio people I know, even at the big
companies like Clear Channel and CBS, are very opposed
to this fee increase. Many terrestrial radio stations
recognize that webcasting has expanded their audience,
and don't want to see it go away.
And the costs WILL be prohibitive to many existing
radio stations, large and small, and will hit
non-commercial broadcasters particularly hard, since
the prior arrangement had non-commercial broadcasters
paying a flat fee for their webcasts. Under the new
structure, if non-commercial broadcasters pass a
fairly low monthly usage cap, they are subject to the
same fees as commercial broadcasters. This would very
likely cause stations like KEXP, WFMU, and KCRW (and
my station, WLUW) to have to shut down their streams.
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