[Nettime-bold] Fwd: Save independent Internet Radio!!

["Garrett Lynch" <garrett_44@hotmail.com>]

>From: slacker1 <slackers@slackerbonding.com>
>To: Slackers Listserve <team@slackerbonding.com>
>Subject: Save independent Internet Radio!!
>Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 12:58:00 -0800
>
>
>This is in America - but it affects everyone around the world and the
>spirit of independent, uncensored media in the free world.
>
>So spread the word!!!
>
>Camille
>
>@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
>
>Camille Baker
>Creator/ Editor-in-Chief
>Tales of Slacker Bonding
>www.slackerbonding.com
>slackers@slackerbonding.com
>
>
> > Save internet radio
> > February 26, 2002
> >
> > The US Copyright Office finally released their suggested webcast royalty
> > fees, and it looks like corporations (major labels and corporate AM/FM
> > radio) have purchased another arm of the American Government to do their
> > bidding. If this fee gets approved, 3WK.com and other independent 
>webcasters
> > will cease to exist, and major labels will control your access to music 
>on
> > the internet.
> >
> > Not only are the fees disastrous for the fledgling webcasting industry
> > ($9173 per month for small webradio broadcasters like 3WK.com- 3 times 
>our
> > revenue), but they are twice the rate that AM/FM webcasters have to pay. 
>And
> > to make matters worse, this is a retroactive fee back to 1998. With this
> > suggested fee 3WK would owe up to $200,000 - more than 10 times our 
>revenue
> > for this period. One more kick in the ass, is that for every song we 
>play we
> > would have to report 25 pieces of information including where each of 
>you
> > listens from and when - a serious breach of your privacy.
> >
> > 3WK.com plays 100's of new and unsigned artists, and introduces well 
>over a
> > million people each year to music they will never hear on their local FM
> > radio. Any artist played on 3WK gets unlimited free advertising each and
> > every time their song is played. At a MINIMUM our internet airplay 
>generates
> > $100,000 each year in cd sales for artists, many of whom would not have 
>had
> > a market for their music other than touring. If 3WK and other indies go 
>out
> > of business, where will these artists get airplay? And where will you go 
>to
> > discover new artists and new music?
> >
> > Make your voice heard by contacting your Senate and House 
>Representatives.
> > Tell all your friends to do the same and we'll flood their email servers 
>and
> > post-offices to get this proposal stopped! (We all needed a good fight 
>this
> > year, right?)
> >
> > Click to email your representatives and contact the media:
> > http://www.3wk.com/copyrightletter.htm
> >
> > More info:
> > Radio And Internet Newsletter
> > Continued updates and feedback from the internet radio industry
> > http://www.kurthanson.com/
> >
> > Save Internet Radio
> > http://saveinternetradio.org/
> > http://saveinternetradio.org/listeners.asp
> >
> > Newsbytes
> > Some Cheer, Others Fear Net-Radio Royalty Plan
> > http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174774.html
> >
> > MTV News Online
> > Online Radio Facing Possible Extinction
> > 
>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452564/20020222/index.jhtml?headlines=true
> >
> > Anti-DMCA
> > http://www.anti-dmca.org/
> >
> > Save Our Streams
> > http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~willr/cb/sos/
> >
> > Wired.com
> > Webcasters Learn Cost of Music
> > http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0%2C1285%2C50551%2C00.html
> >
> > Salon.com
> > Royalties Proposed For Internet Music
> > http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/02/20/music_royalties/index.html?x
> >
> > Los Angeles Times
> > Proposal May Quell Free Online Music
> > http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000013215feb21.story
> >
> > Indystar.com
> > Royalty ruling may stifle fledgling Internet radio industry
> > http://www.indystar.com/article.php?tom26.html
> >
> >
>
>------ End of Forwarded Message
>



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