more royalty money for HD 2/3

[Carmine5]

With the passage of the Performance Rights Act yesterday, I suppose this was bound to happen. Now ASCAP wants more money for HD 2 and 3 channels.

http://www.rbr.com/radio/8361.html

Unfortunately, according to the article, ASCAP has drunk the Kool-Aid of the Parks Associates study which predicts that, by 2012, 30 million HD-Radios will be sold and they somehow want a piece of it.

Gentlemen, start your checkbooks.

C5

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

On your mark... One, two three click! Off goes the secondary channels. So much for all that money that was spent for notta.

 

[Carmine5]

On your mark... One, two three click! Off goes the secondary channels. So much for all that money that was spent for notta.

Exactly! If ASCAP wants more money, can BMI be far behind?

Shut off the secondary channels, beef up the quality of the product on the primary channel and just say NO to extra fees; whether from Ibiquity, the music publishers or these new performance royalties.

Another alternative is to sub-lease the secondary channels to other broadcast entities and let them deal with the fees.

But enough is enough!

C5

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

"Another alternative is to sub-lease the secondary channels to other broadcast entities and let them deal with the fees." Truely, the ONLY good use for HD radio IS brokered/rented channel possibilties. At some point the big boys will wake up and realize they can just rent out those pesky extra channel(s) out to Preacher Bob and the underserved foreign language folks for bucks. Maybe, just mabye, after 10 years or so of rent they MIGHT be able to recover the principle if they didn't jump off on the -10db bandwagon with all of the extra extra costs. LOL! When will coporate ever learn it's what's coming out the primary stations' two channels that counts. LESS is truely more.. Less channels of BAD programming and more quality!

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

With the passage of the Performance Rights Act yesterday, I suppose this was bound to happen. Now ASCAP wants more money for HD 2 and 3 channels.

http://www.rbr.com/radio/8361.html

Unfortunately, according to the article, ASCAP has drunk the Kool-Aid of the Parks Associates study which predicts that, by 2012, 30 million HD-Radios will be sold and they somehow want a piece of it.

Gentlemen, start your checkbooks.

C5

This bill was NOT "passed" and is not anywhere close to being law. It was reported favorably out of a House committee. The NAB is girding for a huge fight (now we'll see which lobby is the stronger) and, if you can believe what they've said publicly, more than half of the full House is on record against performance royalties.

As for ASCAP wanting a piece of the HD2 and HD3 music, it's just more greed and desperation from the recording industry, wanting to keep their archaic and obsolete business model alive in the age where anyone can buy music online and transfer it to whatever medium they like, without leaving their computers. Wanting payments from streams that no one is listening to cannot be construed in any other fashion.

 

[Carmine5]

With the passage of the Performance Rights Act yesterday, I suppose this was bound to happen. Now ASCAP wants more money for HD 2 and 3 channels.

http://www.rbr.com/radio/8361.html

Unfortunately, according to the article, ASCAP has drunk the Kool-Aid of the Parks Associates study which predicts that, by 2012, 30 million HD-Radios will be sold and they somehow want a piece of it.

Gentlemen, start your checkbooks.

C5

This bill was NOT "passed" and is not anywhere close to being law. It was reported favorably out of a House committee. The NAB is girding for a huge fight (now we'll see which lobby is the stronger) and, if you can believe what they've said publicly, more than half of the full House is on record against performance royalties.

I use the term "passage" (or pass) as it was used in the RAIN newsletter:

"The House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property passed the bill imposing a performance royalty fee on broadcast radio in a vote today."

http://textpattern.kurthanson.com/

The measure "passed" through that subcommittee. It now must be voted on by the full House Judiciary Committee where, so far, the majority have said that they will oppose the measure. I did not indicate that it was now a law.

It's hard to say what will happen to this measure and the NAB's track record for influencing lawmakers has been spotty. One thing is for sure, there are a number of entities within the music business that are desperately gunning for radio's pocketbook.

C5

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

there are a number of entities within the music business that are desperately gunning for radio's pocketbook.

What they're asking for is more money than the radio business cleared last year. With their greed and desperation now on display for all to see, lets hope our legislators aren't fooled.

 

[clouseau]

If you can believe the NAB, they claim thay have a majority of house members signing on to a resolution AGAINST any new fees for radio. I suspect this whole thing is a setup move by the RIAA to go after radio again in a few years. IMHO, it'll never pass, now. But radio should be concerned. You gotta wonder if the record companies really think they don't get a MONSTEROUS benefit from radio airplay. Then again, record companines might be more out of touch with their customers than any other business on Earth.

We'll See.

Clouseau

 

[KB1OKL]

If you can believe the NAB, they claim thay have a majority of house members signing on to a resolution AGAINST any new fees for radio. I suspect this whole thing is a setup move by the RIAA to go after radio again in a few years. IMHO, it'll never pass, now. But radio should be concerned. You gotta wonder if the record companies really think they don't get a MONSTEROUS benefit from radio airplay. Then again, record companines might be more out of touch with their customers than any other business on Earth.

We'll See.

Clouseau

Everything is changing, in one year CD sales went down something like 16-17% I can't remember the last time I bought one, I'll buy LP's before I buy a CD, too expensive for krappy sound, I may an anomaly but that 17% are doing something else with their money besides buying CD's. Radio is dieing as a record promoter, if it doesn't do something to modernize itself and keep up with the iPod, internet, Satellite, etc. it will find itself like the 8 track player in 10 years unfortunately and certainly HD is doing NOTHING to solve any problems radio has. Record companies may be out of touch but how about big radio? They actually think HD is going to big the next big thing in radio?? Maybe the next big bomb, that's about it.

 

[JohnnyElectron]

The only sign of intelligent life at the record companies are the ones that are releasing music on vinyl. I believe EMI is releasing a lump of 30 LP's this summer. That's good. BUT, here's where the intelligent life forms end - they are going to have a huge price tag on them, relatively speaking. Whereas they could sell a sh*tload of them at $9.99 each, they are likely going to price them at $30 at the starting gate and, that's bad.

As far as HD2 and HD3 - that's the main selling point for HD, in addition to the PAD info; this will stab HD even worse in the heart. Thanks record company 'tards.

 

[Tom Wells]

At ten dollars, they'd be the same quick-cooled crappy records they made in 1980.

At 30 dollars they can afford to go slow enough to properly cool the record in the mold, thus
giving a much quieter and longer-lasting surface.

If they cost 30 dollars and sound like crap, they won't last long in the market.
I know I'd return a 30 dollar new record for anything less than a perfect disc,
while I wouldn't do anything about a poor quality 10 dollar record except maybe grumble.