Internet Radio Dies ...thank you RIAA

[DaemonSeid]

Published by Stan Schroeder June 25th, 2007 in News, Web

Today is the day when most of Internet’s radio station go silent. If you’re an avid net radio listener like me, you already noticed, because your station either died mid-program or got interrupted by a message saying, basically, the RIAA is killing us.

Instead of a flat fee, Internet radios (even non-commercial ones, which is most of them) will have to pay a price per performance per listener, at a rate that will, simply put, force many of them to close down. Now the hour when this will start being enforced - July 15 - is drawing near, and the broadcasters are trying to draw attention to the fact that they simply cannot pay these new rates.


http://franticindustries.com/blog/20...io-dies-today/

[Lil' Hannah]

That article is several weeks old.

Internet radio gets a reprieve
With deadline looming that many feared would shut down Web-based music, two sides reach for a compromise that analysts believe will benefit smaller operators.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/17/tech...nternet_radio/

[Drolefille]

Yeah, the day of silence was a while ago. (Did you mistake the June for July?) I hate the RIAA for their inability to catch up with this century and their illegal lawsuits.

[ms_gwyn]

I am just very happy that my internet radio station is FAR too small for RIAA to be concerned with....

[Lady Pi Phi]

I don't listen to internet radio all that often, but I just went to check out the site that I usually listen to and now I have to become a "member" to listen.

I don't think so. I'll just have to find a new station.

[KDAngel]

OK, so music piracy is a problem. The way this works isn't as "doom and gloom" as you are thinking it is. There's a lot in the fine print here and the RIAA is working with small companies and specialty sites. I can get into everything at length when I'm not on the blackberry.