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Last Days of Internet Radio?

And the government wonders why piracy is such a growing problem ??? Seems to me that if these guys would adopt a policy that makes some sense and allows the average company to at least break even they could reduce piracy and maybe even increase their revenue at the same time...

Sounds like a great startup industry to get onboard with would be offering off-shore servers for small broadcasters, sounds like many of them will be looking for new homes in the future...
 
As online gambling moved to the Cayman Islands and Costa Rica, so will online radio. There are just too many major players in the Netcasting business (AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft, CC, etc.) for this to happen, though.

And yes, college/high school stations and NPR would be exempt if that article is correct.
 
Stations and the START

So it won't effect KGRG, KNHC and KBCS-FM - etc..

--WHEN does all this offically take effect for the non-exempt webcasters to 'fork over the bread'?....

..and how WILL these stations (or the CRB) - 'keep track' of every peice of music that's webcast?
 
did anyone watch the subcommittee on telecommunications and internet hearing? While the main topic today was about the merger of Sirius and XM, Lawmakers made comments about the royalty rate hikes today. The committee chairman, and several other congressmen commented about the subject, and disagreed toward the hike in their opening statements, feeling it being a threat to small entrepeneurships as well as the consumer losing choices in programming. Mainly lawmakers were grilling mel karmazin about the Sirius and XM merger, but I felt Rob Kimball, VP of Real Networks, had a solid defense for internet radio when testifying toward lawmakers. One topic was the importance of Localization which Kimball replied that anyone can inexpensively start their station and broadcast the local weather and so forth, while Karmazin was trying to reply to why Sirius lacks focus in announcing amber alerts. Kimball stressed very hard the impact the new royalty fees would have on webcasters, which lawmakers were very attentive and non-objective. The main issues lawmakers addressed were Diversity, consolidation, lack of an available voice in radio for minorities, and choices for the consumer.

Overall i thought today's hearing was somewhat a step in the right direction for saving internet radio, but a small step. As i webcaster, i will continue to write to my congressman and senators, and i hope you all do too as well. Let's hope for the best, and continue to fight for our passion, which is radio.

Chad
http://www.wghhradio.com
 
Oh and another thing, Kimball explained to lawmakers how diverse internet radio is, how one internet radio station can program classical and another station can program rockabilly. While it was a very simple statement, i thought it was well-put, and to the point that lawmakers understood and found pleasing. But like i said, let's hope for the best.

chad
http://www.wghhradio.com
 
Talk Radio Stream

...unless talk radio sometimes plays an entire cut from a parody CD like 'The Capitol Steps' or 'Bob Rivers'...

Correct me if I'm wrong here...
:)
 
I've been programming a hip hop station on live365.com for a few years. The global coverage is amazing. I've got listeners in almost every country on the planet, and in almost every city in the USA. It is HUGE! However the spots are all live365's, so I don't make any money. But, I tell ya, a global audience is really amazing. Hope streaming doesn't get shut down, I think it is our future.

http://www.live365.com/stations/markndark?play
 
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