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Bills in Congress Sour Sours Notes Between Music and Radio

Old news. This has been going on for years, and the LRFA has always had a lot more support. Even if it made it through the House, it would never make it through the Senate.
 
Good article. Fair presentation of the situation without a lot of the hyperbole usually associated with the issue.
 
TheBigA said:
Good article. Fair presentation of the situation without a lot of the hyperbole usually associated with the issue.
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However, the interviewed a radio station operator who is essentially a novice to the industry management and likely very unfamiliar with the history of performance rights. That's the last person I would have interviewed if I wanted true insight.

Another "fail" is in the insinuation that when listeners hear a song on the radio and, instead of buying a recording, they stream the song that they don't get rights fees. Depending on how many times a person listens over and over to a song, they may get more or less in fees... but they are definitely compensated.

Further, if decreasing revenues and increasing fees make radio unprofitable (it already is for ad supported streams), those in in the lowest income groups will have no free source of musical entertainment, encouraging either new forms of piracy or depriving a significant percentage of Americans of all music.
 
DavidEduardo said:
However, the interviewed a radio station operator who is essentially a novice to the industry
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Don Angelo spent 20 years in radio before transitioning to TV management in the 80s. He has a good perspective.

Remember: This is a small local newspaper, not the NY Times. I've read worse articles by larger publications.

The only thing missing is that radio stations pay performance royalties for the music they play. Just that 100% goes to the writers. And that radio stations that stream pay royalties to artists, labels, writers, and musicians because of the digital copyright act.
 
TheBigA said:
Don Angelo spent 20 years in radio before transitioning to TV management in the 80s. He has a good perspective.
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His experience in radio ownership and management is, however, limited. He was mostly a seller or on-air person and not in management. Would you ask a salesman or an air personality about the percentages and burdens of radio ownership expenses? I think the writer picked him as he is well known, not because he has extensive knowledge of licensing.
 
TheBigA said:
Which is proper, because he wasn't presented as an expert in licensing.
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The whole article is about licensing, but they pick someone with very limited radio management experience... mostly, from what I can see, in a tiny market in Michigan decades ago.
 
DavidEduardo said:
The whole article is about licensing, but they pick someone with very limited radio management experience... mostly, from what I can see, in a tiny market in Michigan decades ago.
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I don't see it that way at all. My compliments to the writer who managed to do original reporting with local sources.
 
DavidEduardo said:
However, the interviewed a radio station operator who is essentially a novice to the industry management and likely very unfamiliar with the history of performance rights. That's the last person I would have interviewed if I wanted true insight.

Another "fail" is in the insinuation that when listeners hear a song on the radio and, instead of buying a recording, they stream the song that they don't get rights fees. Depending on how many times a person listens over and over to a song, they may get more or less in fees... but they are definitely compensated.

Further, if decreasing revenues and increasing fees make radio unprofitable (it already is for ad supported streams), those in in the lowest income groups will have no free source of musical entertainment, encouraging either new forms of piracy or depriving a significant percentage of Americans of all music.
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You really don't know me.A novice that gets the word out on this issue.Its up to the rest to do something.And for the record what novice has 2 radio stations that serves NIAGARA COUNTY .I think that makes me King of Niagara County.New clients every week.
 
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