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Re: [ARSCLIST] Urgent Message From SaveNetRadio



the basic premise of over-the-air broadcast is a business plan utilizing commercials.

that's how it's 'free', and available. that's how they pay their royalites (meager they are). in europe, the same, but the royalties are considerably better, and as i understand, not only for the artist, but the songwriter as well.

the same premise can and will and does work for internet radio. either you listen to commercials, or pay a subscription fee.

the problem comes when people want to put a playlist up and stream it, without commercials, and not pay royalties. these people simply do not have a right to do so. if they had an air radio station, they couldn't pay the power bill, nor the royalties, so their business plan was not self-supporting.

eventually, there will be free net radio of public domain materials, or of material with permission, and there will be pay-for net radio with stuff which requires proper payment to the creative parties involved. of course this is already happening, but not to the degree it will in the near future. same for visual media (i.e., video). in fact, it will most likely extend to a paid-for subscription and also have commercials (such as your cable or satellite TV, or your satellite radio).





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seva
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