I've dabbled in internet radio for a little over three years now. My audience has never been huge, just myself and a small group of friends tuning in now and again. I've spent many hours putting together an interactive web interface, and have always had dreams of launching a full-fledged station, but could never justify all the costs -- not the least of which was the licensing required to broadcast copyrighted works.Loudcity , Live365 , SWCast , etc. for the last several years have been reasonable, but with the recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board, not only are my dreams of starting up a full-fledged station likely to be crushed forever, but many existing stations (mainly hobby stations) also stand to be forced into shutting down their streams.every station out of business? No. But, the rates will certainly make the hobby station essentially extinct. The reality is most hobby stations have had to scramble just to cover their costs under the previous fee schedule, relying on cut-throat advertising (on-air and banner) and listener donations to survive. If the proposed fee schedule goes into affect, it will be a major blow to internet radio. SaveNetRadio Coalition Small Webcaster Community Iniatitive International Webcasting Coalition Save Webcasting dot org
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Welcome to blogland! I saw your comment on Anna's blog and thought I'd check ya out. If you need more blogs to waste your time, feel free to link up to mine and/or Jerry's!
mel-pasker.blogspot.com
blog.jerry.org
Later Gator!
Heh...nevermind...I see you already read Jerry's. I'm a dork.
Hey Mel!
Yeah, I stop by Jerry's blog from time to time for a good read. He's always got some interesting topics.
I wasn't aware you had a blog, but will certainly stop by frequently from now on.
BTW...thanks for making it to my surprise birthday party. It was good to see you guys. Say hi to Jerry for me.
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