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Re: Web Radio Stations Set for "Day of Silence" Protest June 26

Koos van den Hout (koos+newsposting@kzdoos.xs4all.nl)
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:00:20 UTC

hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote in <telecom26.183.4@telecom-digest.org>:

> I presume the determination of royalties is a private issue set by
> contract between artist and user. I would be very surprised if the
> copyright law or some US Government agency determines the amount of
> the royalty.

The landscape on how much a 'broadcaster' has to pay to play a song is
a lot more complicated than that. Law, contracts, rulings all come in
to play.

> Is that a US Government agency? Sounds more like a private sector
> cooperative arrangement.

It is an agency with a government mandate run by the major record
label that gets to do 'government' work in winning royalties:
sound exchange.

> but none of the obligations. In this particular instance, it seems
> they want the freedom to broadcast but are they willing to accept
> the restrictions that more traditional broadcasters are required to
> comply with?

http://www.savenetradio.org/about/index.html has a lot more explanation
than I can give.

And http://www.savenetradio.org/about/myths_and_facts.html will
explain how the medium any song is played is one of the major keys in
determining the fees. Traditional broadcast radio pays nothing. Large
Internet radio stations would have to pay nearly half their revenue in
fees.

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