Christmas Music 24/7

I am attending the House Committee on Small Business hearing today on “Assessing the Impact of the Copyright Royalty Board Decision to Increase Royalty Rates on Recording Artists and Webcasters.” It should be interesting. It is nice to see that HR 2060 is finally moving forward with a hearing. Of course, there is also the [...]

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On Tuesday the 26th, most web radio stations will be going silent for the day to protest the new performance royalty rates.
CNN is reporting Web radio sites to go silent in protest.
ABC 7 of Los Angeles reported as well: Internet Radio To Go Silent In Protest.
Playlist Magazine: Internet radio webcasters plan silent protest.
Rolling Stone magazine: [...]

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A good article on the new proposal from SoundExchange to differentiate between small and large webcasters: Internet royalty rates slammed. It appears based on rumors and the press release from SoundExchange that Christmas Music 24/7 will be able to start webcasting again under this new compromise. But until I get official word, you’ll need to [...]

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An interesting article Higher music royalties troubling the Internet, but it doesn’t directly mention the per play fees, just the $500 minimum per station. I wish Pandora hadn’t joked about moving overseas.

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In Jazzmen To Congress: Save Net Radio, Eliot Van Buskirk shares a letter sent my several jazz musicians to Senator Conyers and Senator Leahy.

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I’ve already noticed several stations dropping off of Live365. A very large Jazz station from California apparently has stopped online broadcasting. There are many stations in the broadcaster forums at Live365 that are discussing their plans to shut down in early to mid May.

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PC Magazine’s article: Net Radio: ‘New Song Royalties Will Kill Us’. The word is getting out there very slowly.

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Playlist Magazine has a very nice article summarizing the status of the performance royalty situation. The article is The downing of Internet radio.

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How the RIAA Stole Web Radio (Audio Version MP3 2:25 700kb) read by Michael and Laura Clark.
Everyone on the web
Liked web radio a lot.
But the RIAA who lived
In Fantasy land did not.
The artists don’t quite understand,
The impact of web radio throughout the land.
The RIAA hated web radio,
Every single station.
Now please don’t ask why,
Maybe they need [...]

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The press is starting to wake up to the performance royalty question. David Berlind writes in Digital culturus interruptus: Right here, right now, the almighty copyright finally comes home to roost about three legal situations this quarter that will impact the Web for years to come.

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