Clear Channel Forcing Artists To Waive Rights & Royalties To Participate In FCC Mandated Indie Music Program
Hypebot, a music industry blog, has revealed Clear Channel’s unctuous contract with independent artists who wish to participate in their FCC ordered “NEW! Discover Artists” promotion. The FCC’s requirement for radio stations to open their airwaves to independent artists was based on a recent Payola settlement. However, Clear Channel has still managed to stick a knife in an indie artist’s back to bleed...
SaveNetRadio.org Organizes Day Of Silence On June 26th To Protest Royalty Rate Hike
In response to a impending royalty rate increase, thousands of online radio stations plan to turn off their transmitters next Tuesday, June 26th for one day to draw attention to their industry’s plight. This “Day of Silence” is an encore of a successful media event that small webcasters organized on May 1, 2002 in response to a similarly royalty rate ruling from a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) five years...
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