[sdiy] The RIAA Blows.... (fwd)

[MRATX at aol.com]

There is a large hole in your logic. Firstly, stations have to pay the fees 
retroactively, which means many of them may just stop webcasting rather than 
pay up. Secondly, many that do survive are unlikely to want to go on if the 
only way they can continue to webcast is by limiting their playlist to only 
those few artists who have agreed to waive the fees. Thirdly, even if they do 
continue in this way, the severely limited playlist will assuredly lead to a 
dramatic drop in listeners, which will kill ad revenue, and eventually the 
webcast. 

Mark  


In a message dated 6/23/02 4:33:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
batzman at all-electric.com writes:


> Print yourself up a little contract and glue it to the CD. Hell, make it 
> part of your cover art if you like. Make the contract say basically. I give 
> 
> this radio station permission to play my music and wipe their ass with it 
> if they so desire. Etc etc.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Because if the fit hits the shan big time and no-one can play anything, 
> they'll still be able to play yours! Yeah! If the broadcaster has an 
> inventory of 25,000 CDs but only 1000 of those have permission to play 
> built in, who's CDs do you think they're going to play?
> 
> Now Imagine right, that every true indy did that. The bill get's passed 
> into law. No-one can play this major crap without having to fork over wads 
> of cash. Who gives a shit? The only CDs being broadcast are going to be the 
> 
> indies. You reckon that might hurt the RIAA or what? Everyone send the 
> bastards a box of razor blades with a note saying. "When ever your ready 
> guys. Just across the jugular and try not to bleed on the carpet OK."
> 
> 

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