Are you guys going to tape the broadcast? You could then make it available for us to listen to on your website. I wanna listen to it, but I am in Oregon. : ) Julianna 90 VW Vanagon Westfalia 76 VW Automatic Bay Westfalia ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Live Radio Broadcast from Bus Depot this Friday!
> > How about a streaming media web address for us to hear? > > > I had been hoping for that. WMMR used to simulcast their station on their > website. But the record industry pretty much put a stop to many music radio > stations doing that, by demanding that they pay them royalties (beyond what > they already pay to broadcast the music on-air) if they were also putting > the station on the internet. Of course, the record industry wanted > mega-bucks, claiming that there are millions of people on the internet > (even though few would actually listen to the simulcasts), whereas the radio > stations realized that simulcasting their broadcasts over the web really > generated little additional revenue (since most people within the stations' > market have a radio, and most people outside of their market are not their > local advertisers' target audiences). So most of them just stopped > simulcasting their broadcasts (including WMMR). Just one more thing to > thank the entertainment industry for - along with the demise of Napster, the > existence of Macrovision and other copy-jammers that degrade audio/video > performance, the royalties charged on blank audio CD-R's used to record > music you already own, their 10 year battle to have the VCR declared > illegal, their ongoing battle against TiVo, etc. etc. etc. When I used to > work in a stereo store, the RIAA even threatened to sue us if we played any > of the radios in our store without lining their pockets them first, claiming > that it amounted to an "unlicensed public performance." ("Can I listen to > that stereo receiver before I buy it?" "No sir, that would be illegal.") > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > (215) 234-VWVW > www.busdepot.com > |
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