Now I'm no professional on the matter, but as far as I'm concerned artists and labels are getting a great benefit from the increased audience base provided by internet broadcast. I don't see that they have anything to worry about in terms of the current royalty rates as at the end on the day, their audience base has been increased ten-fold at least with the advent of internet radio broadcast. Artists that I would never heard of otherwise have now been brought to my attention, and as a result I have bought CDs by artists that I would never have been aware of if I only had my local radio stations to listen to (which, by the way, are very limited in terms of choice and genre in Australia).
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Quit whining. It happens. Deal with it.
Now I'm no professional on the matter, but as far as I'm concerned artists and labels are getting a great benefit from the increased audience base provided by internet broadcast. I don't see that they have anything to worry about in terms of the current royalty rates as at the end on the day, their audience base has been increased ten-fold at least with the advent of internet radio broadcast. Artists that I would never heard of otherwise have now been brought to my attention, and as a result I have bought CDs by artists that I would never have been aware of if I only had my local radio stations to listen to (which, by the way, are very limited in terms of choice and genre in Australia).
Interesting... Steve Irwin met his end with a sting-ray, and now it looks like the same fate is in store for Sony with a blue-ray.