RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter

May 1, 2007

Daily news and commentary on the key issues involving radio and the Internet

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CRB coverage 2007:
CRB decision
SaveTheStreams
Legal options
Markey
Petitions
Copyright law
Canada?
Fred Wilhelms [2] [3]
JPMorgan analyst
SaveNetRadio
Rehearing denied
SNR.org website
B'casters interests
Day of Silence?
What is "fair"?
House IREA
SX Point/Counter
July 15th D-Day
Hill walk recap
Senate IREA
Hanson/Simson
Offer to SCW
Berman/Coble
100th co-sponsor
File for stay
Noncomm offer
$1 bil admin cost

CRB coverage 2002:
CARP decision
Industry reacts
Industry stunned
Huge RIAA win
SJO editorial
Day of Silence?
Congress support
Day of Silence on!
Press coverage
Day of Silence
Librarian decision
Cuban speaks up
Labels: Die Now!
Forbes coverage
SWSA
SCW license

"The Future of
Radio" series
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

"Net radio frontier:
Ad sales" series
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

UPDATED:
Internet radio
royalty basics

Copyright Law
DMCA
CRB 2007
Webcast decision

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The whole RAIN staff is among a group of webcasters, artists and independent label executives participating in a "Hill walk" today in Washington D.C. today, petitioning members of Congress to add their support to H.R. 2060, the Internet Radio Equality Act sponsored by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL).

Full coverage of the day's events will appear in RAIN tomorrow.
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BY DANIEL MCSWAIN
The National Association of Broadcasters, the influential broadcast trade organization which heretofore had remained mostly silent with regards to the royalty rates proposed by the CRB for webcasters, has released a comment on the Internet Radio Equality Act (H.R. 2060) currently gathering cosponsors in the House of Representatives.

According to a press release, NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton called the CRB's decision "disappointing", and added that the NAB "will work with Congress to craft a solution that helps ensure the survival of a fledgling audio platform."

The proposed CRB royalty rates apply to all streams simulcasted by terrestrial radio broadcasters in addition to non-terrestrial webcasters.

Read the entire press release at the NAB site here.

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More and more webcasters are signing on to our proposed "Day of Silence" taking place Tuesday, May 8 [read full details in RAIN here]. We're getting more webcasters joining every day — if you've e-mailed us, we'll add your name soon. Below is a growing list of webcasts that have agreed to go "dark" for the day.

MusicTampaBay.com will off-line May 8th. Hopefully this will be the only day MTB has to go silent.

ThereIsNoRadio will be participating in the "Day of Silence". All of our talk show hosts are recording PSA's explaining the situation and directing listeners to savenetradio.org. These PSA's will be the only thing heard on the station and each will be followed by 20-30 seconds of silence.

Count on our full support for a "Day of Silence." We will shut down our streams on May 8th, and our listeners will hear the silence loud and clear. -- ClubNetRadio.com

Organlive.com is in.

Wind Band FM and SLT Radio fully support the "Day of Silence."

Count us in! www.GraffitiRadio.com will be dead silent on May 8th! Alternative Rock will have to wait until the 9th to be heard again!

Radio Bop is on board for the Day of Silence on May 8th!

EAR.FM is one of the first 100 stations to exist at Live365, is still here today and we intend to be here tomorrow as well. We pledge our commitment to the Day Of Silence.

We're in on this as well. ---City Sounds Radio

We will participate in the day of silence!! -- The Monks Media Radio Network,
www.monksmedia.com

We are definitely committed to the cause. Count us in for May 8th! --DementedRadio.com

Though it's not an internet radio station, bitsdujour.com will support the day of silence by not having any bits on our site that day, and sending visitors to
savenetradio.org.

May 8th, we will be supporting the "Day of Silence" and we will do whatever is necessary to help support. -- Firstclasshiphop.com

NeverEndingWonder Radio will join the Day of Silence.

FOXY.FM will support the "Day of Silence" on May 8th. Also we are going to replace our website with an explanation and banner for SaveNetRadio.org.
www.foxy.fm

praradio.org is participating in the day of silence and working on our region

We will go silent on May 8th in support of the alliance. -- WebRadioPugetSound

The entire Radio X Network is in. All 5 of our stations will be silent on Tuesday the 8th. ---Radio X Network (.com)

Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio is in and we'll get our small band of "progressive rock" stations to join us. Thanks for all your efforts!

I would be willing to pull our groovyradio.net stream off-air on 5/8. We cannot afford to continue under the new royalty plan.

Count fluffertraX in for the May 8 Day of Silence. Thank you for proposing it. I still hear the silence of iM Networks, caused by the CARP in 2002. We are more than happy to go silent and take a stand.

What a great, great idea. A Day Of Silence. I'm a small timer on Live365 and 'I'm In"...Super. I'll do what I can to get the word out to fellow broadcasters that I know!!
-- All Rock Legends

Let's do it! You have our support! 525.com Power Tracks will join the May 8th Day of Silence and urge this to be a global effort, as well. I think it would be a great idea to get a list of stations going that plan to join the Day of Silence to sort of put the pressure on other stations who may be indecisive about shutting down for the day.

I will gladly participate in this for sure.
-- WVSGRadio.com

Let's go for another Day of Silence ... Let's Roll !!
-- Fabsfab French Briton

This is a great idea, both our stations (WCH Radio and The Wave) will support it. We also run two podcasts from our MySpace pages and our websites. We could run all the PSAs only on that day on our podcasts also.

I'll be on the hill with you (again) and you can count on 1Club.fm and WBMX.com being SILENT on that day with just one thing running... OUR PSA pointing the listeners to contact their Congress persons or else this (insert silence) is all you're going to hear after next week on your favorite Internet radio stations.

I'm in! We've got to create public outrage!
-- NiceNoise.net

LuxuriaMusic.com is on-board.

Day of Silence? I'm in. Although small by comparison to many other 'net-caters, Pagan Radio Network has a loyal listenership.

I like the idea of total silence... we need the biggest impact possible. Puregold Rock 'N Roll would love to help in any way. I also think each station should notify their local press with a release as to the total black-out of Internet radio.

I'm all for a day of silence...as they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I have invested a lot of passion and energy into Devil Free Radio and will go down swinging!

Count me in.
-- BAGeL Radio

I am in for the 8th of May!
-- www.realdanceradio.com

AmericanaRoots.com will participate in the day of silence. My hats off to Kurt and all the fine folks that have worked so hard over the last few months.

MPYR RADIO would definitely participate in this. The day of silence is great.

I was considering May 1st for all Live365 stations. May 8th is also satisfactory.
-- Smooth Jazz and More

I am in on the day of silence.
-- www.AllMemphisMusic.com

We are definitely on board for a day of silence. Anything that we can do to help please let us know.
-- 181.fm

I fully support a "Day of Silence" or whatever is decided and whatever it is called. I agree that this must be a major news story.
-- BornAgainRadio

I wrote down May 8th as the day of silence, alerted my webmaster to create new banners told my production staff to come up with a loop to air by May 8th.
-- KNRJ/KAJM FM Phoenix

My station is based in Northern Virginia however I work in DC.
www.2ngradio.com (I'm one the Loudcity licensed stations, that also
would suffer a 2,000% rise).

We are committed to the "Day of Silence" on May 8th. Also we are going to forward our web site to SaveNetRadio.org.
-- KQLZ.org

Count us in... -- BluegrassRadio.org

Feb. 20, 2002	CARP rec.'s .07-cent fee for radio webcasts, twice that for 'Net only
Feb. 21, 2002	Industry reacts to CARP royalty rates for Internet broadcasts
Feb. 25, 2002	Industry still stunned by CARP arbitrators' recommendation.
Feb. 27, 2002	CARP arbitrators gave RIAA more than they asked for!
April 18, 2002	Mercury News editorial
April 22, 2002	Day of Silence proposed
April 23, 2002	More support in Congress
April 25, 2002	Day of Silence is ON!
April 29, 2002	DOS in USA Today, NY Post
May 1, 2002	Day of Silence
June 20, 2002	Librarian Decision
June 24, 2002	Cuban on Yahoo deal
July 11, 2002	Labels to Net radio: Die Now!
October 1, 2002	Forbes coverage (scroll down)
November 15, 2002	Small Webcasters Settlement Act
December 16, 2002	Small commercial webcaster license


May 2	Future of Music Coalition D.C. Policy Day: Washington D.C.
September 26-27	NAB Radio Show: Charlotte, NC
October 13	IBS Webcast Conference: Seattle, WA
October 27	IBS Webcast Conference: Chicago
November 3	IBS Webcast Conference: Boston, MA
November 4-6	NAB European Radio Conference: Barcelona, Spain
December 1	IBS Webcast Conference: Fort Lauderdale, FL
December 8	IBS Webcast Conference: Los Angeles

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