Christmas Music 24/7

On March 3, 2008, Live365 announced new rates for personal webcasting. The new rates are designed to cover the Copyright Royalty Board rates announced in March 2007. The new rates are approximately three times as high as the old rates, so at this point I am not sure if the three stations that are currently [...]

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This video is powerful. More info at AdventConspiracy.org.

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I hope all of my listeners in America have a happy and safe Thanksgiving today. This is the earliest date possible for Thanksgiving, leading up to the longest Christmas season possible. Enjoy!

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Back in August I was interviewed by the local Fox affiliate, Fox-5 in Washington DC. I just found the report on their web site: Future Uncertain for Internet Radio.

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Wil Wheaton, author, voiceover actor, actor, wrote today in RIAA, through SoundExchange, is lying to webcasters about Sound Exchange issuing a press release that 24 webcasters took them up on their deal. It’s a good article, with lots of good links.

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SoundExchange has been accused of breaking the law in their zealous lobbying for the CRB performance royalty rates. SoundExchange’s response was that the activity was authorized by the artists that are members of SoundExchange. The lawyer for the artists wrote a stunning response to that idea. Music Lawyer To SoundExchange: My Clients Did Not Authorize [...]

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You know that March 2 Copyright Royalty Board decision that set in place a structure that I have to pay for every song I play a fraction of a cent, for every listener? The one that increases the expense of my Christmas station to $8000 on $1,100 in revenue? Now the recording labels and [...]

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I was interviewed by the Washington Post on Thursday afternoon. I’m mentioned at the end of the article Shaken Internet Radio Stations Face Specter of New Fees Sunday.
Welcome to those visitors who saw the station mentioned in the Post. My station is available right now. I’m not playing my regular playlist, I’m only playing songs [...]

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Christmas Music 24/7 was mentioned several times in an article in today’s LA Times: Web DJs silenced by royalty fees. While it is very exciting to be quoted in a major newspaper, it would be better if I could simply continue webcasting my love of Christmas music. Since I hopefully will be getting some new [...]

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The newest Christmas Music 24/7 station, the all instrumental one, that I set up in January after buying several dozen new CDs, has been shut down in preparation for the July 15th deadline for retroactive performance royalties. I’ll miss sharing my love of Christmas music with thousands of my friends from across the world.
Barring some [...]

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