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Originally posted by Sly_RJ
The artists and recording companies want the money they did the work for I would imagine, there's nothing wrong with that.
But if the station isn't making a profit, you would think they would be interested in working some type of deal out. The musicians and record companies are getting "free publicity" and nobody is directly profiting from it.
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This is true. The broadcasters agreed to pay royalties the same as over the air broadcasting (I think somehting like 3%) to the artists. However, the recording labels, which seem to be running amoc since the DMCA, want a huge share of like 15% RETROACTIVE since 1998. The numbers are quite stagering for a small radio broadcaster. Hell, I have run a few stations through shoutcast for friends and whatnot. According to this, I would have to pay out a few thousand bucks. yuck.