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There has been an understandable public outcry against the RIAA’s attempts to more than triple the sound recording copyright royalties on Internet radio. (See Save Internet Radio from Corporate Money Grab) One solution proposed by Webcasters is to just not play RIAA-member songs under the assumption that then they don’t have to pay the royalty to the RIAA’s collection body, SoundExchange; Webcasters would then just pay the independent artist the royalty.
Originally posted by supercheetah
I just gotta plug Magnatune and eMusic because all of their music is not affiliated in anyway with the RIAA, and it's all DRM-free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, CDBaby is a great place to buy CDs.
Magnatune splits their revenue 50/50 with its artists. CDBaby pays $6 to $12 per sale to its artists, and pays every week. I couldn't find any information about how eMusic divvies up its revenues. All of them pretty much only sell indie music.
[edit on 4/30/2007 by supercheetah]
Originally posted by Harlequin
So now after RIAA pretend to be SWAT to get money , and want to lock up children and grandmothers - they now have truely gone mad and claim everything.
yep thats right :
RIAA claims ownership of ALL the music in the world, even music they don't own!!
Originally posted by supercheetah
ATSers here in the US should contact their Congresscritter to save net radio.
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns with the recent Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision to increase music royalties. I appreciate that you took the time to share your thoughts with me, and I'm glad we agree in this issue.
I'm pleased to inform you that I have cosponsored the Internet Radio Equality Act (H.R. 2060), which would vacate the CRB's decision and set a new standard rate for commercial and noncommercial internet radio providers. As you know, the CRB recently voted to increase music royalties by 300 percent for large internet radio stations and up to 1200 percent for small internet radio stations. For most of these stations, an increase this large in royalty payments will far exceed their gross revenues and subsequently bankrupt them.
There are currently thousands of small internet radio stations operating in the U.S. streaming a wide variety of genres that are difficult to find on non-existent on regular AM of FM radio. Although media consolidation so often diminishes the quality of radio by eliminating local music and news programming, internet radio fills this void with diverse, innovative programming that offers opportunities to independent musicians, labels, and small entrepreneurs. Please be assured that I will work with my colleagues to prevent the loss of these invaluable stations.
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with me. To receive updates on my work in New York and Washington, visit my website at arcuri.house.gov to sign up for my regular e-newsletter. Please don't hesitate to contact me again if I can be of help on this or any other matter.