Comments on: Has the bell tolled for Net radio? http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11981 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11981/comment-page-1#comment-137056 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:18:17 +0000 #comment-137056 Here's a thought, and it's just a thought, because I don't really know how the whole royalties thing works. But.. If new artists want to get their stuff heard on net radio, and it's still up to them ( they haven't signed a contract that prohibits it or something), perhaps they could legally agree to have their music played royalty free on any radio station that wants, anytime it wants, anywhere it wants, net radio or otherwise. Then while the already signed bands are not getting their stuff played because the little radio stations can't afford the royalties, the new music will be all over the net getting all kinds of free airtime and thus advertising. If this eventually happens this way, it might actually be helpful to new artists since suddenly THEY will be the ones who get the lion's share of airplay, and thus, publicity, on a lot of net radio stations that can't afford the new royalty rates. I would definitely be tuning in to the newer music. Here’s a thought, and it’s just a thought, because I don’t really know how the whole royalties thing works. But..
If new artists want to get their stuff heard on net radio, and it’s still up to them ( they haven’t signed a contract that prohibits it or something), perhaps they could legally agree to have their music played royalty free on any radio station that wants, anytime it wants, anywhere it wants, net radio or otherwise.
Then while the already signed bands are not getting their stuff played because the little radio stations can’t afford the royalties, the new music will be all over the net getting all kinds of free airtime and thus advertising.
If this eventually happens this way, it might actually be helpful to new artists since suddenly THEY will be the ones who get the lion’s share of airplay, and thus, publicity, on a lot of net radio stations that can’t afford the new royalty rates. I would definitely be tuning in to the newer music.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11981/comment-page-1#comment-137036 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:23:46 +0000 #comment-137036 Why can't independent artists cut their own deal with Internet radio stations? Are they allowed to do so, or is this mandated government price fixing? Maybe we need a thing called peer to peer Internet Radio. It is a major shame that the U.S. government is forcing more companies to locate overseas, but I guess that the U.S. government is bound and determined to destroy the U.S. U.S. Government=Treasonous Traitors Why can’t independent artists cut their own deal with Internet radio stations? Are they allowed to do so, or is this mandated government price fixing? Maybe we need a thing called peer to peer Internet Radio.

It is a major shame that the U.S. government is forcing more companies to locate overseas, but I guess that the U.S. government is bound and determined to destroy the U.S.

U.S. Government=Treasonous Traitors

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11981/comment-page-1#comment-136990 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:03:45 +0000 #comment-136990 And yet again the goverment does what is 'right' for the incumbents to the detrement of the public and artists. And yet again the goverment does what is ‘right’ for the incumbents to the detrement of the public and artists.

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