Streaming Internet Royalties

whiteflip · 10th September 2002, 20:25

Who bennifits most from streamming internet royalites? AOL Time Wanner. How you might ask? Well it is simple. If you stream music you have to pay rediculus royalties to the copyright owner of the music. What if your AOL? You stream the music and are the copyright owner. So the royalities go to you. Your paying your self in effect. So while Shout casts servers and websites dedicated to streaming music to the masses goes down AOL will start streaming music to people for a price?

I don't like that prospect. Who else will benifit from this royalty system for internet streaming? Sony perhaps? Its the RIAA buying out the mom'n'pop music shops all over again.

rm' · 10th September 2002, 20:28

By that logic, we should blame music artists. They are the ones selling their products to RIAA-member recording companies. If they stayed independant, record labels would own nothing, thus, be unable to sell us anything. Damn those music artists

How dare they try to screw us over by trying to make a living

10th September 2002, 20:25	#1
whiteflip Post Master General (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Seattle, Now Las Vegas Posts: 6,032	Streaming Internet Royalties Who bennifits most from streamming internet royalites? AOL Time Wanner. How you might ask? Well it is simple. If you stream music you have to pay rediculus royalties to the copyright owner of the music. What if your AOL? You stream the music and are the copyright owner. So the royalities go to you. Your paying your self in effect. So while Shout casts servers and websites dedicated to streaming music to the masses goes down AOL will start streaming music to people for a price? I don't like that prospect. Who else will benifit from this royalty system for internet streaming? Sony perhaps? Its the RIAA buying out the mom'n'pop music shops all over again. I'm Back?

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10th September 2002, 20:28	#2
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	By that logic, we should blame music artists. They are the ones selling their products to RIAA-member recording companies. If they stayed independant, record labels would own nothing, thus, be unable to sell us anything. Damn those music artists How dare they try to screw us over by trying to make a living