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RIAA Seeks Royalties From Radio
SierraPete writes "First it was Napster; then it was Internet radio; then it was little girls, grandmothers, and dead people. But now our friends at the RIAA are going decidedly low-tech. The LA Times reports that the RIAA wants royalties from radio stations. 70 years ago Congress exempted radio stations from paying royalties to performers and labels because radio helps sell music. But since the labels that make up the RIAA are not getting the cash they desire through sales of CDs, and since Internet and satellite broadcasters are forced to cough up cash to their racket, now the RIAA wants terrestrial radio to pay up as well."
Exactly. Maybe now we'll start getting to hear actual talent and art on the radio now, instead of beaten dead, old, reprocessed formulas!
ok, ok, so maybe the beaten dead joke was a little much...but really I do hope that the result of this is that radio stations choose to just avoid RIAA represented music, and we get a better variety!
> I truly hope they get what they want, it seems like the only thing that could possibly take down Clear Channel
Well, it might take down Clear Channel's music stations. But it shouldn't have much effect on the real reason lefties hate CC - conservative talk show hosts. (example: KOA, Colorado's most powerful (physically speaking) radio station, runs only talk shows).