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Internet Radio May Stream North to Canada
An anonymous reader writes "With U.S. copyright royalties threatening to kill Internet radio in the U.S., Michael Geist explains why webcasters considering a move to Canada will find that the legal framework for Internet radio trades costs for complexity. There are two main areas of concern from a Canadian perspective — broadcast regulation and copyright fees. The broadcast side is surprisingly regulation-free, but there are at least three Canadian copyright collectives lining up to collect from Internet radio stations."
Just gotta make sure that 33% of your music is from Canadian artists. Enjoy :D
My internet radio station will be broadcasting from Nigeria... just think of the fund-raising possibilities!
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What? Regulation free? Haven't the Commission for Regulations and Thought Control got anything to say on this matter? Will Americans be happy with receiving minimum Canadian content? Well, I guess they were kind enough to liberate us of Celine Dion (big thanks there guys, it was an honourable sacrifice).
I'm a webcaster from Alaska, you insensitive clod.
Actually, it's a sliding scale depending on the genre. While jazz and classical might have to keep over 40% of the content Canadian, pseudo-American pop music by Canadian artists need take up only 25% of the valuable airtime otheriwse devoted to truly American pop pseudo-music.
Ahem.
Avante-garde Brazilian elevator music, to take another example, has a special exemption that requires only 2% of the material aired be produced or mixed in Canada. John Cage performances are required to have only an 8% Canadian quality to the street noise that fills in the silences.
Also, for some reason, Hip Hop from Quebec counts.
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Oh, we are allowed to say it too...it just comes out as fk.
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That's a bad idea. The stream will just freeze and then they'll play hockey on it.
So, Wall of Voodoo will just have to change the lyrics a bit:
I'm on a Mexican (Internet) Radio"...
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