Big Tech and Big Media have joined forces in the “Internet Radio Fairness Coalition” which includes Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Computer and Communications Industry Association (Google), Consumer Electronics Association (Google), Digital Media Association (Google) and…Pandora. So you see, the way this works is the group put Tim Westergren out with the long face and the sad […]
So we were wondering how long this would take, and it took no time at all. Not only do you have Pandora’s Tim Westergren shilling for Clear Channel, you now have Google shills the Computer and Communications Industry Association (funders of several bizarre “studies”), the Digital Media Association and the Consumer Electronics Association, all coming to […]
Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy — the fallacy of false causation or correlation without causation – X happened then Y happened; therefore X caused Y. ________________________________ Let’s be clear: IRFA will go a long way to completely screwing up the compulsory music license for webcasting, one of the few systems that is working fairly well to both compensate artists […]
Google is threatening to ban (or as the Shill List might say, “censor”) French news sites from Google search results. Why? Because newspapers will be able to charge a fee for distribution and reproduction of the news through links in search results or the rebranded “Google News”. (This may be cased on “making available”, a right that […]
An interesting exchange with a reporter about the Internet Radio Fairness Act: He denied that IRFA created a new set of per se violations of the Sherman Act–the principal U.S. antitrust law–for sound recording owners who collectively engage in “impeding” the efforts of anyone (including Sirius XM and Clear Channel) who seek direct licenses with sound […]
Originally posted on Four Nights of Music Rights:
Can you believe that we made it to Meeting 4!! October 30: Music Clearances for Tech Startups and Artist Rights: Do Good Business and Protect Your Work Guest Speaker: David Lowery, of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven and editor of The Trichordist, on artist rights. Band Basics…
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
Here at The Trichordist, we’re taking a look at the Internet Radio “Fairness” Act all week. As a service to readers, we’re firing up the LegalTron 3000 to take a closer look at the bill, analyzing it section by section. Both the House version, H.R. 6480, introduced by Rep. Jason…
“[The Internet] is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs…” Attributed to Hunter S. Thompson __________________________________ Brookings Institute Fellow Noah Shachtman wrote a fascinating paper as part of Brookings Foreign Policy, 21st Century Defense Initiative. Entitled “Pirates of the ISPs: Tactics […]
Not surprisingly, the Digital Media Association is supporting the Internet Radio Fairness Act–and my bet is that their support has less to do with radio than the other goodies that are hidden in the bill. Let’s start with this: 7. Global music rights database. For purposes of facilitating compensation to artists of musical works and […]
It’s a little inside baseball, but think about this: What took Spotify so long to get licenses to launch in the U.S.? Particularly compared to Pandora who had a big negotiation about rates a few years ago, but did not have to negotiate licenses? One reason is that Pandora gets the benefit of the compulsory license–meaning […]
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