The Internet Royalty Discussion Continues
Much has been said in the past couple months regarding the Internet Radio Royalty decision that was announced and how it could affect WOXY.com. We have been sought out by some media outlets as a result and I wanted to highlight two of those today here on The Futurist.
The Digital Savant himself, Bryan Jay did an interview with the Dayton Daily News recently. You can find the article here.
“We do think artists should be compensated for their work,” said Miller, a Dayton native. “But you could go from collecting some royalties now to collecting no royalties, because you just killed off the whole industry.”
And this from a Wall Street Journal article from last month gives a more in-depth look. You will need to login to view the entire article, but I have some quotes below.
“The annual cost of running WOXY could more than double to around $2 million, far exceeding the station’s $500,000 to $1 million in annual revenue. The board’s decision could still be appealed or rescinded by Congress, but WOXY manager Bryan Jay Miller says, “I don’t see the situation getting any better.”
“Sue Busch, head of radio promotions at Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, says most radio executives she knows rarely play new, independent music, relying on business consultants to tell them which songs are likely to be most popular. The WOXY DJs, she says, play songs they enjoy themselves.”
There are also brief WOXY mentions in recent editions of The Observer, and The Washington Post. See WOXY in the news? Send me an email at joe@woxy.com with a link and I will be sure to credit you here if we mention the article.
April 16th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
This is some scary shit…
April 16th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Thanks for the update Joe. This really sucks, but it’s comforting to know that you guys are aware of the danger and are working on a solution. This is potentially WOXY’s “nightmare scenario”; worse than lack of sponsorship or funding ever could be, because it uproots the entire core of the station’s model. Please keep us informed as you know more about this issue, and of course, let us know if there’s any way that we the listeners can help.
April 16th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
This makes my stomach hurt.
April 16th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Part of me wants to see what the musical world would look like if the RIAA had its way on everything (suing fans, killing internet radio, etc.). They seem to think that by rigging the game in their favor, they’ll magically turn back the clock 30 years and convince everyone to go back to buying $15 records and listening to FM radio. They’re deluding themselves, of course, but until they stop blaming everything on the internet “bogeyman” they’ll never truly come to grips with the fact that they need to completely overhaul their business model.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:39 am
This just in: Bad to Worse
April 17th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Is the RIAA the only game in town for artists, or can they opt not to be a part of it. Could new band ABC just say screw off and sell their music to Internet Radio that play music only from artists that have done the same?
Probably not very likely, but I was curious if it was theoretically possible.
April 18th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Just returned from Kurt Hanson’s Internet Radio Summit at NAB in Vegas. It’s a pretty dire situation for most internet broadcasters come May 15th, folks. I’ll have a more in depth posting later this week on the situation, what’s at stake and what you can do to help.
April 19th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
There is an online petition that you can sign to save internet radio:
http://www.petitiononline.com/SIR2007r/petition.html