Comments on: Yahoo! Music Goes Radio Silent

By: cyberkid@free gadget

cyberkid@free gadget — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:00:37 +0000

i a new iser of yahoo music..

By: Biju015UK

Biju015UK — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:43:56 +0000

“The content you are trying to view is only available in certain areas.” I like Yahoo! ’cause it usually has great options for Canadian users – something I can’t say of any other music/web service. Hopefully once the beta’s over, I won’t see this message on most videos. The potential for the app is incredible, however, intriguing!

By: Extortion Done Right

Extortion Done Right — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:43:02 +0000

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By: » Forget June 29th For A Minute & Realize The Importance Of July 15th || Pulse 2.0: Web 2.0 Reviews & Profiles || » Blog Archive

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:25:42 +0000

[...] “The new royalty rates are higher than the revenues anyone can hope to make from related advertising. In other words, we all lose money on Internet radio starting July 15th. Yahoo! has no intention of operating LAUNCHcast radio as a loss-leader,” wrote Ian C. Rogers of Yahoo! Music. Rogers began working for Yahoo! Music three and a half years ago after Yahoo! acquired Mediacode. Rogers wrote a brief history of the situation with the Copyright Royalty Board on the Yahoo! Music Blog.[2] [...]

By: Animal

Animal — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:50:06 +0000

“I think this is one of those cases for the labels where I would say “Be careful what you wish for”. Internet radio wont die but it will move to places offshore where artists wont get paid. Hardly a great outcome for anyone.”

In which case the RIAA/SoundEx could sue their ISP’s to block their streams from US netspace or get their pals in Congress to apply the methods the Chinese use to keep unwanted sites or streams out.

By: links for 2007-06-27 : Greg Palmer

links for 2007-06-27 : Greg Palmer — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:46:32 +0000

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By: Mesh Magazine » Blog Archive » Internet Radio Day of Silence

Mesh Magazine » Blog Archive » Internet Radio Day of Silence — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:58:00 +0000

[...] Web radio stations, small and BIG, are shut down today for today’s Internet Radio Day of Silence, conceived to protest the [...]

By: ah! » Yahoo! Music Goes Radio Silent

ah! » Yahoo! Music Goes Radio Silent — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:49:59 +0000

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By: Jon Bauer’s Blog » The Silence is Deafening

Jon Bauer’s Blog » The Silence is Deafening — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:50:22 +0000

[...] Ian broke it down in detail here. [...]

By: daveglaunch

daveglaunch — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:56:02 +0000

Ian,
Great job at explaining how we got here to this mess. I think that this issue illustrates the strategic mistakes that record labels continue to make. They should be welcoming and embracing internet radio where they get paid. Instead, sticking with the CRB decision will result in less money to artists and labels from internet radio in aggregate as stations shut down and more movement to music listening where labels and artists dont get anything- namely broadcast radio and file-sharing.

I think this is one of those cases for the labels where I would say “Be careful what you wish for”. Internet radio wont die but it will move to places offshore where artists wont get paid. Hardly a great outcome for anyone.