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Globe: rise in copyright rates could spell doom for webcasters

raccoonradio

raccoonradio

http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/article..._rates_could_signal_doom_for_some_webcasters/

"with prohibitively high new copyright rates, announced March 2 by the federal Copyright Royalty Board, many of these varied music stations may cease to exist within months. In addition, many traditional broadcasters that extend their reach using Internet streams are saying that they, too, may give up or limit webcasting...The artists who are supposed to benefit, as well as the listeners, may suffer, according to Bob Lyons, director of new media for radio and television at WGBH-FM"

Greater Media's Peter Smyth says he might not be able to webcast anymore. ""Does that mean we play less music? We're going to start to walk away from artists."

Great.
Webstreams unique to the Net which may be silenced by this were put out there to give the listener
more variety. Now, they may wind up with considerably less...
 
raccoonradio said:
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/article..._rates_could_signal_doom_for_some_webcasters/

"with prohibitively high new copyright rates, announced March 2 by the federal Copyright Royalty Board, many of these varied music stations may cease to exist within months. In addition, many traditional broadcasters that extend their reach using Internet streams are saying that they, too, may give up or limit webcasting...The artists who are supposed to benefit, as well as the listeners, may suffer, according to Bob Lyons, director of new media for radio and television at WGBH-FM"

Greater Media's Peter Smyth says he might not be able to webcast anymore. ""Does that mean we play less music? We're going to start to walk away from artists."

Great.
Webstreams unique to the Net which may be silenced by this were put out there to give the listener
more variety. Now, they may wind up with considerably less...
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What's encouraging is that this decision is being fought by some fairly big players including NPR and CPB. A few Congressmen have voiced their support for an appeal and even SoundExchange has expressed some willingness to negotiate a settlement.

http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=137175&pt=todaysnews

The fight is just beginning on this issue.

db
 
There will be alot more pirate radio stations.
There may even be those who will deliberately pirate for the purpose of causing major interference to various radio stations.
 
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