----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Kouzes" <Christopher.Kouzes@btol.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Shutting Down


To be honest, I haven't been following this thread very closely, but
while reading posts on The Velvet Rope this morning, there was a new
thread about Congress looking to overturn the recent CRB ruling.

<<New law could save internet radio
Congress looks to overturn crushing royalty ruling

Published Monday 30th April 2007 09:47 GMT


A law has been proposed in the US Congress that would overturn a recent
ruling on internet radio royalty payments. The bill could save internet
radio, according to activists.

Earlier this month the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which reports to
the Library of Congress, increased the charges which internet radio
stations will have to pay in order to broadcast music. Stations claim
that the charges in many cases represent more than their total revenues,
and that they make it impossible to build a business out of online
radio.

Full article linked:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/30/internet_radio_law/>>


-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
Of Jaimie Vernon
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:54 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Shutting Down

It's not webcasting. It's downloadable (if desired) and falls under 
different regulatins....for now.



Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com

SWAG:
http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada
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Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/

http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz






>From: Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Shutting Down
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:07:35 -0700
>
>What about myspace?  You can play your own music there with no
penalties.  
>Seems like a legal precedent.
>
>Marty
>
>Michael Coxe wrote:
>
>>Swim Taxi wrote:
>>
>>>I wrote to Senator Dianne Feinstein about Royalty Board decision.
This 
>>>was the response I received.
>>
>>
>>Asking Dianne Feinstein is akin to asking the RIAA itself.
>>
>>Let's face it, the RIAA/SoundExchange want to reduce the number of
>>webcasting stations to make collections easier. Most of their revenue
>>will come from Microsoft, Yahoo & the like anyway. As stated here only
>>2% comes from the small webcasters. And unless you sign up with
>>SoundExchange they get to keep any revenue when your song plays.
>>It's all about chokeholds. Freedom of choice hurts big operators.
>>
>>There appear to be a number of issues here, some constititional
>>& some technical. Jamie's issue about paying even if you fully own
>>the music (ie, all rights). Sounds like restraint of trade. What
>>about music released under Creative Commons or other licening scheme?
>>What's a webcast vs. a download vs. a podcast? And what about podcasts
>>anyway - how are they affected? Will this generate yet new means of
>>delivery? Put streaming on the client side & is it no longer a
webcast?
>>Technology is a rapidly moving target, as the past 10 years has shown.
>>
>>  - michael
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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