Very Sad
March 19th, 2007The Last Days of Internet Radio?
Via: Searchmob.
Businessweek article on changes by the Copyright Royalty Board that may or may not signal major changes with who can afford to provide streaming music. So much for a level playing field. According to the article, even the major players are going to see increases in royalties they must pay. If I’m an artist, I would consider internet radio is a godsend.
“A DiMA survey of 1,008 online music radio listeners and music services subscribers published in January found that nearly half are spending more than $200 per year on music, and nearly 30% are spending more than $300. Before the Internet, an average consumer only bought about $100 worth of CDs a year.”
Somebody is being stupid and greedy. And it’s only going to further the move away from “mainstream” sources of music. If KCRW goes, I’m hurting. o
UPDATE: See today’s Salon article on this subject with a little deeper analysis.
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March 19th, 2007 at 11:04 am
We’re doing our part here in Kentucky, too. It’s Radio Paradise ’round here.
March 19th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Music is becoming way to expensive for me, that is why I have just decided that, I can get copies from friends if I decided I wanted a copy of something mainstream. Otherwise I usually go for smaller artists, mostly in the genre of Gospel.
- Chris
March 19th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Somebody needs a recitation of Aesop’s fable regarding a goose laying golden eggs. This move is essentially taking a whack at the goose. No more golden eggs.
March 20th, 2007 at 2:58 am
Amen. This is incredibly disappointing but entirely predictable. I now spend more money on music because of the incredible variety I am exposed to on, most often for me personally, Radio Paradise.
March 20th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Well the most logical thing to do is to cut out the Record Labels and provide a level playing field for indie artists as well as pop chart dwellers.
March 21st, 2007 at 7:45 am
As I posted out on MOG…
This is a difficult problem.
I, personally, would rather make the music affordable such that it would be heard in more places by more people – even if the music made less money per unit. This is like the PlayStation 3. Sony has priced the PS3 very high to lose as little development cost as possible in the early release days, but only a fraction of their intended customers have purchased them because they are more expensive than a low-end Gibson or a widescreen TV. My local Target has had the exact same three PS3s since before Christmas. They’re unaffordable to many people.
I think it is important to price things according to market, not according to boardroom demand.
March 21st, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I’m a huge Radio Paradise fan too. They sent out this link to on online petition to fight the new pending rules. Sign it if you think it might make any difference.
http://www.petitiononline.com/SIR2007r/petition.html
This has been an ongoing problem for several years now.It seemed like a mediocre but sort of workable agreement had been reached at one point, but it looks like those greedy bastards at the RIAA just couldn’t live with it. Jackasses.