RIAA complains about unpaid music (not what you think)
06-11-2009, 01:21 PM (This post was last modified: 02-09-2019, 06:35 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
06-11-2009, 01:21 PM (This post was last modified: 02-09-2019, 06:35 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
Never thought I'd be agreeing with the RIAA about anything related to the current music industry... but I agree with them here.
The Register: America's radio lobby 'fighting dirty' (Basically, the USA is unique in that performers don't get paid when their music is played on the radio. Performers in the USA also don't get paid when their music is played on the radio elsewhere in the world. The RIAA wants this to change; the NAB - the broadcasters's lobby - don't.)
US radio stations are the biggest "freetards" out there, and they're making money off the system. Meanwhile, bands lucky enough to get airplay don't see a dime from that exposure...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
The Register: America's radio lobby 'fighting dirty' (Basically, the USA is unique in that performers don't get paid when their music is played on the radio. Performers in the USA also don't get paid when their music is played on the radio elsewhere in the world. The RIAA wants this to change; the NAB - the broadcasters's lobby - don't.)
US radio stations are the biggest "freetards" out there, and they're making money off the system. Meanwhile, bands lucky enough to get airplay don't see a dime from that exposure...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012