http://www.indystar.com/article/20090209/BUSINESS10/902090364
Who's making more money, the artists or people in radio?
It's all about greed.
Who's making more money, the artists or people in radio?
It's all about greed.
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The end of music radio?
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WCWalker
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If this passes and then the unFairness Doctrine is reinstated, the radio landscape will be altered dramatically in the very near future. Ultimately it will mean less format choices for radio listeners.
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WCWalker
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Ahhhyep. They already own television and most of the print media and now they are after radio! BTW. There is another congressional bill being proposed that would prevent the unFairness Doctrine from being implemented again. If I come across again it I'll post it here.
Will the Performance Rights Act kill music radio? Not if the broadcasting industry takes the fight to the people. No one is going to rally to the defense of the record labels when they're reporting billions in profit. There also aren't many who feel sorry for the performers who've made millions. People know the poor flash-in-the-pan musician isn't going to take much, if any, of these proposed royalties. Also, people know what the labels did to internet broadcasting. Many of them also know about the price fixing and how they had to offer a settlement not too long ago. There's also the incident where they, more or less, uploaded malicious software on people's computers. It was copy protection gone wrong, and they had to replace all CD's with that form of copy protection at no charge. Of course, we also can't forget the kids and grandparents they sued or threatened to sue.
People aren't stupid, and they know this. There's hardly a more hated industry in this country than the recording companies. Last I checked, it seemed like there were almost as many hate sites on the web for the recording industry as there were for al-Qaeda. If broadcasters will do the smart thing and get the people involved, they'll win hands down. If I owned a station, I'd be doing like the webcasters did. I'd have a "Day Without Music," where I'd air programming telling the audience what was going down similar to the "Day of Silence" that led to the Small Webcasters Settlement Act of 2002. I'd also give them the ability to write Congress from my website. I might even have an open house to show my community what my stations do for them, and I'd also have some letters they could sign and either mail or fax to their Congressmen. The people will help if only the NAB is smart enough to ask.
I've written both of my Senators and am writing my Congressman as we speak. If you don't like the Performance Rights Act, I'd recommend you do the same.
People aren't stupid, and they know this. There's hardly a more hated industry in this country than the recording companies. Last I checked, it seemed like there were almost as many hate sites on the web for the recording industry as there were for al-Qaeda. If broadcasters will do the smart thing and get the people involved, they'll win hands down. If I owned a station, I'd be doing like the webcasters did. I'd have a "Day Without Music," where I'd air programming telling the audience what was going down similar to the "Day of Silence" that led to the Small Webcasters Settlement Act of 2002. I'd also give them the ability to write Congress from my website. I might even have an open house to show my community what my stations do for them, and I'd also have some letters they could sign and either mail or fax to their Congressmen. The people will help if only the NAB is smart enough to ask.
I've written both of my Senators and am writing my Congressman as we speak. If you don't like the Performance Rights Act, I'd recommend you do the same.
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WCWalker
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jo-nathan said:At this rate we may as well do what the Canadians do: All format changes have to be approved by the CRTC. Let's just have the FCC approve all formats and shows to eliminate any controversy. It's the only fair thing to do. :
Exactly what we don't need. We already have way too much big government intrusion into our daily lives and it is growing even worse as I write this thanks to the control freaks that want more power and want to subjugate us into a caste society.
The Canadian model will lead to censorship and also the government will then be able to dictate what can and cannot be aired on any given licensed radio station. As it is, the FCC is not even interested in having this responsibility thrust upon it because they are already too busy trying to keep the licensed stations in line.
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badhabit
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The recording industry has forgotten that THEY rely on radio more than radio relies on them. If they think they can get artists as much exposure through the Internet they're crazy. If they could, why the hell do they call and badger us all the time to play their artists?
It's reverse payola. ;D
It's reverse payola. ;D
If its one thing that the Government does well, it's multiplying bureaucracy and certain corporations seem to lap it up greedily.
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