SoundExchange Reacts To 'Day Of Silence'
Not surprisingly, digital royalty rights collector SoundExchange had some serious heartburn on Tuesday over the Internet radio "day of silence," during which thousands of webcasters turned off their music streams to protest the Copyright Royalty Board's recent decision to hike fees paid to artists and record labels.
Richard Ades, a spokesman for the organization that supports the board's ruling, told Technology Daily that he listened to some of the special programming being played in between pockets of dead air. "It's pretty amazing that they talk about how much they love music and how important it is to stream music, but you don’t hear them talk about the people who create the music," he said.
On one webcast, Ades heard someone claim that legislation, introduced in the House and Senate to stop the fee increase, is fair to artists. "The bill on the Hill would not only vacate CRB decision but would cut rates by 75 percent from what the old rate was. That’s their idea to fairness to artists? That's an insult," he said.
"If there's no music, then there will be no radio stations. It’s the artists and labels that create the music and there will be no music for them to build their businesses on," Ades said. "Why they don’t want their musicians and recording artists to have a fair share of the pie is mind boggling."
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