Opposition to Copyright Royalty Boards Webcasting rates
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Jan 18th, 2016Someone from Longmont, CO signed.
Jan 18th, 2016Someone from Ellicott City, MD writes:
The new rates may help artists like Taylor Swift (who does not need help) but it will HURT the talented artists working in bars for tips who deserve to be heard by a larger audience. It's the small broadcaster who gives them that audience. Now, the small broadcaster will no longer be able to afford to continue (most make zero dollars and do it for the love of the music). The kills internet radio, takes income away from the website providers and server providers the small broadcaster pays, takes diversity of music from the listener AND takes all chances of very talented artists trying to make it from being heard. More business and people you can imagine will be hurt by this.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 16th, 2016Someone from Johns Island, SC writes:
I am very disappointed that our government allows this to happen to small broadcasters, for an industry (radio) that paved the way for so much of the entertainment industry as we know it today. It appears that once again, corporate dollars and special interests make the laws, and that the voters, unable to elect new, ethical politicians into office who are willing to do the right thing instead of increasing their campaign coffers, suffer once again. Please reconsider these decisions which will knock out hundreds of small-to-intermediate sized broadcasters. Please reconsider your decisions and be representatives of the people, and not the corporations.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 16th, 2016Someone from Albany, NY signed.
Jan 16th, 2016Someone from Aberdeen, MD writes:
This decision will hurt the artists and it will hurt those small webcasters who do the most to promote the music. This decision is truly one sided and being a broadcaster myself, I see the uneven playing field in this business. It should be a decision to benefit all.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 16th, 2016Someone from Monroe, LA signed.
Jan 15th, 2016Someone from Eudora, KS signed.
Jan 15th, 2016Someone from Lothian, MD signed.
Jan 14th, 2016Someone from Marina Del Rey, CA signed.
Jan 13th, 2016Someone from Gloucester City, NJ signed.
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No, CancelJan 13th, 2016Someone from Philadelphia, PA signed.
Jan 13th, 2016Someone from Rice Lake, WI signed.
Jan 12th, 2016Someone from Faribault, MN signed.
Jan 12th, 2016Someone from York, PA signed.
Jan 12th, 2016Someone from Calera, AL writes:
I am signing to protest the new CRB Ruling, which I feel is excessive and inequitable. I currently do two online stations. I do so to provide music for my listeners at my own cost. If I do make a profit, it is minimal. This ruling will, without doubt, create financial hardships on not only those of us doing online radio, but those who are involved with it as well, such as hosting companies, among many others. If a company goes out of business as a result of their own mishandling, that is one matter..but for a Board to create a ruling which eliminates/wipes out a company's ability to do business...and all in short order...that is APPALLING and UNACCEPTABLE. This ruling will hurt so many people than those who lose their online stations as a result of the higher music licensing costs. It will also affect those who work in conjunction with those of us doing online radio. There will be many online businesses going under and people left unemployed as a result of this ill-thought and IRRESPONSIBLE decision. I respectfully ask that this ruling be modified and the "Small Webcaster Agreement" previously added in 2006 be reinstated at a fair and equitable rate.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 12th, 2016Someone from Orlando, FL signed.
Jan 12th, 2016Someone from San Mateo, CA signed.
Jan 11th, 2016Someone from Montoursville, PA writes:
Recording artists get NO money from the FAT CAT corporations who own the copyrights. In many cases, the singer who made the hit, can not sing his/her own song without paying royalties to the copyright owner. This is a disgrace to the artists, and would be an embarrassment to the FAT CATS if more people actually knew how things worked.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2016Someone from North, SC signed.
Jan 11th, 2016Someone from Dover Plains, NY signed.
Jan 11th, 2016Someone from Sioux City, IA signed.
Jan 11th, 2016Someone from Dundas, MN writes:
Internet radio is so important to new, independent artists. Please fix this bill to continue to allow small, independent broadcasters to operate.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2016Someone from Little Falls, MN writes:
Why go after the small independents. This is not fair.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 11th, 2016Someone from Ash Grove, MO signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Forest Hills, NY signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from South Burlington, VT signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from North, SC writes:
We should be able to listen to music anywhere we choose to.So many people enjoy music it soothes their souls.It is our right.It's wrong for you people to be trying to put them out of business.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 10th, 2016Someone from Grand Rapids, MN signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Norman, OK signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Springfield, MO signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Springfield, MO signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Ash Grove, MO signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Hollister, CA signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Pittsburgh, PA signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Canby, OR signed.
Jan 10th, 2016Someone from Old Bridge, NJ writes:
I am a small, hobbyist, broadcaster that has been broadcasting for over 15 years. My broadcast consists mostly of local independent bands. I've never done this to make money, in fact I lose money running it, but always did this because it was my calling. A public service, giving thousands of unknown bands a place to be heard. Now I am being forced off the internet by the Copyright Royalty Board's new rates, and removal of the provision for small broadcasters. These rates may help the big name, big label artists of the world, but is death for little indie bands that had few places to be heard in the first place.REPORT COMMENTS
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