Comments on: No Way! – webcasters tell SoundExchange

By: Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:51:39 +0000

“I believe SoundExchange has been given the right to collect fees for ALL music, not just it’s members.”
And how is Sound Exchange supposed to find people who are not members? From what I have read they are not all that aggressive in tracking down people who are associated with them, it is not likely they are conducting any kind of search for non members who are owed money. Isn’t it a conflict of interest that this is a spin off organization from the RIAA and not a truly independent entity? Isn’t the fact that Sound Exchange gets to keep unpaid royalties a huge disincentive for it to find people?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:03:25 +0000

I believe SoundExchange has been given the right to collect fees for ALL music, not just it’s members. The only way around it is to make deals directly with the artists whose songs you are playing.

By: The Angry Offender

The Angry Offender — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:18:08 +0000

One could always broadcast music that doesn’t involve the RIAA. Heh.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:14:20 +0000

You know, if anybody’s mind still isn’t made up about SoundExchange … just go take a cursory look at their press releases.

Once you’ve OD’d on the BS, doubletalk, lies and mischaracterizations, you’ll know where the good fight lies.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:57:11 +0000

i may not have understood this right. does soundexchange collect all royalty’s or only those for its clients only? if these rates are only linked to big music why not just eliminate all soundexchange songs?

what would the cost be to start there own version of soundexchange vs the cost of paying sound exchange what they want.

or reduce there air time. internet radio is best for small markets e.g christian rock, traditional american indian music, ambiant etc… if i was to be in the mood for anything else then FM radio is for big music.

By: Ummm

Ummm — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:19:45 +0000

SoundExchange simply lives in the pocket of large business interests who have every interest in turning net radio into advert saturated crap and/or hefty subscription based services. To them it is an abomination for the public to be able to listen to music for “free” without their commercials (or paying for it). That’s the only thing they want, and that’s all they will ever offer…