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Scott's Page - Special Webcast Royalty
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Articles and Coverage of
Webcasting Royalty Situation
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(see below for a more history from Febraury to April
2002)
Last updated: May 2,
2002
"Save Internet
Radio: Here's Why and Here's How
(May 2, 2002 - ZD Net)"
You can also visit:
Save Internet Radio.org
More Articles about the
current situation:
Streaming Music Choked by Fees? -
Wired News, May 2, 2002
Web Radio Stations Stage Silent Protest -
MediaWeek, April 30, 2002
Radio Webcasters fear fees will be their
death -
St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 2, 2002
Web radio stations plan silent protest -
CNN.com, May 1, 2002
The Day the Music Sighed -
Wired News, May 1, 2002
A silent mayday for Internet radio -
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
April 30, 2002
Net radio to fall silent for a day -
C|Net News, April 29,
2002
The Day The Music Died - Internet.com, May 2, 2002
Related
Matters:
A
good collection of articles on MP3, File Sharing, CDRs and
more from Wired News
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| February 23, 2002 - April 30, 2002: |
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| Brief Background: |
Links For
More Info: |
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Copyright office has finally released the fee schedule for
Webcasting Royalties that will impact us and everyone
else trying to legally stream music on the internet.
It is not good news for us or for YOU. Please
take a few minutes to look at these articles linked here so
you understand what we are up against and why we may have to
change things on Music Sojourn.
These Royalties are on top of
the Thousands of Dollars we already pay for ASCAP, BMI and
SESAC artist performance Royalties. These NEW
Royalties will be paid to the RECORD COMPANIES, not
the artists in most cases. |
Save Internet Radio.org (NEW) |
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More details on the terms of the proposed
law (from RAIN) |
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Initial news release on decison on Feb 20
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| WHEN Will This Happen? |
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| If the proposal
of the Copyright office is accepted as currently written, on
May 21. We will possibly have to pay thousands of
dollars of current, plus retroactive royalties by July 1. |
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| What YOU Can Do: |
Links For
Action: |
| In addition to
staying informed about developments with this issue Here and
at the links above, WRITE to your Elected Representatives.
As we learn more details about other specific things that
you can do, we will post them here.
We don't have to tell you how
hard it is to find music like you hear on Echoes, FM Odyssey
or Celtic Currents on the Radio - many of you who lost
hearing Echoes on the Radio can only find it online at Music
Sojourn.
Please write a note to your
Congressman and/or Senator (and send a copy to your local
newspaper editor) to let them know the same things that you
have let us know - how you feel about this. Some VERY
GOOD things to add include:
- Info about how hearing
this music streamed over Music Sojourn often prompts you
to PURCHASE the music on CDs
- How hard or impossible it
would be for you to ever hear or find this music from
other sources.
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CONGRESS.ORG
- Find & write your Representative HERE
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Scott's Page Archive by Topic:
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Scott's Page Archive:
- What we will need to survive the new
Digital Performance Roayalty rates - July 1, 2002
- Webcast Royalty rates determined - June
23, 2002
- More about Day of silence and Royalty
issues, May 2, 2002
- Webcaster's Day of Silence planned to
protest proposed Roaylty - May 1, 2002
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Original Webcast Royalty Posting, February, 2002
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December 10, 2001 - More Net Radio Sites to bite the dust?
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November 1, 2001 - Remove
Pop-up ads campaign
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August 11, 2001 - New Site Nav, I Hate Pop-up Ads, Dead 365
- July
16, 2001 -
- May
15, 2001 - MP3 streams going....
- May
9, 2001 - FM Quality & Stereo on Play-LO ...
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