blog.wired.com — The recording industry and U.S. radio companies have squared off for decades about whether AM and FM radio broadcasters should pay royalties to singers, musicians and their labels. But now the debate is getting meaner as the recording industry seeks new income avenues in the wake of wanton peer-to-peer piracy and declining CD sales.
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gubatron2Jun 24, 2008
it will probably take nature (meaning all the old farts will die and new management will come in) to make the RIAA realize they can use all the distribution channels, old and new to make money with ads, free music supported with ads, on radio, or on the internet. Either that, or people boycotting and not buying s**t from them
kevroJun 24, 2008
If you don't think the music industry is willing to loose some funds to have there songs played just asked them what (illegal) payola is all about. The Radio is one of the last places main stream music gains attention. We need a radio station to stop being soon fed music by then industry and start playing Indie bands who are willing to give it away. Play the best of them and provide the songs for free down load on there web site. Tell the public where to seek out such finds and take request form there searching. Forget the call in format it's time for texting in request as well as IM. Calling in should be a lost resort for a new idea.
freemanjackJun 26, 2008
Maybe if we didn't have to buy the entire album, and realize that the only song worth listening to was the flash-in-the-pan single, and then decide to just steal everything else because the quality of the musis has been declining for years. P2P isn't killing the music industry. RIAA-fueled speculation and piss-poor musical content are killing the music industry. That along with American Idol, Lil Wayne, and Souja Boy.You know that I am right.
matt487Jun 26, 2008
Does everyone in the recording industry ride in a horse and buggy, too? Use a typewriter? Shake their collective canes at "kids and their damn music?"The RIAA: Enemies of innovation since the invention of the radio!