webcasting

Audio Ads on Pandora

You might have run across the handful of articles in the last day or so about online “predictive” radio service Pandora adding audio ads. This move is no doubt an attempt to develop a sustainable revenue stream for Pandora’s free services (the company also offers yearly ad-free subscriptions for $36). read more

Local is the New Global

Today’s blog post was co-authored by FMC intern Daniel Eno, based on a bit of pondering by FMC Events Organizer Chhaya Kapadia.

Do you ever get nostalgic about cruising the racks at your local record store? Do you ever feel that, while it may be infinitely more convenient and even a couple dollars cheaper to buy an album off of iTunes, it’s nice to know your purchase helped keep your neighborhood shop up and running? What if you could combine the convenience of online purchasing with that warm feeling you get from supporting your local music-slingers? read more

SoundExchange

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Fact Sheet

SoundExchange collects and distributes the digital public performance royalty, which means performers and labels get paid for digital plays of their music. In 1995, Congress passed Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act, which granted a performance right for the digital transmission of sound recordings. Previously, US copyright law contained no provisions for performance right in sound recordings. SoundExchange is the designated non-profit organization that collects the license fees and distributes royalties to those whose recordings were played digitally. Payees include the performer, non-featured artists and the sound recording copyright owner (most often, a label). read more

FMC: Congress should strike a balance on webcasting rates

June 27, 2007

Ahead of an important congressional hearing on digital performance royalties for non-interactive webcasts, the Future of Music Coalition urges Congress to establish a rate system that ensures artists get paid fairly and webcasters can continue to broadcast.

FMC has submitted testimony to the House Small Business Committee, which will hold a hearing Thursday on the Copyright Royalty Board’s controversial new rates for webcasters. Many small webcasters have complained the rates are so high they will be forced to stop broadcasting after the implementation date of July 15, while some musicians and copyright holders believe the new rates reflect fair compensation for the use of their work. read more

A Summary of the DMCA

For Musicians and others on the Music Business

Brett Keller

Monday, August 2, 2004

A brief summary of the DMCA for people in the music business touching on diverse subjects such as Copyright Management Information, peer to peer distribution, public libraries, webcasting and SoundExchange. read more

Who Pays What?

A simple guide to royalty streams in the digital age

FMC staff

Monday, May 10, 2004

Ever wonder who gets paid when a song is broadcast, webcast or streamed? This simple chart illustrates the distribution of payments to artists. read more

Webcasting Streams On

The Status of Webcasting in 2003

Kristin Thomson and Michael Papish

Friday, July 11, 2003

Artists and Technology

Jenny Toomey and Brian Zisk discuss watermarking, digital rights management and the danger of closed systems

Jenny Toomey

Wednesday, July 19, 2000

In this interview, Brian explains some of the potential miscues that major labels may be taking in order to preserve traditional business models, as well as the technology community’s role in understanding the importance of building business models that also compensate artists. read more

Music in the Digital Age

Internet pioneer Brian Zisk on webcasting, artist compensation and the fallacies about encryption

Jenny Toomey

Thursday, April 20, 2000

Brian Zisk has been a long time community activist and a mainstay on the Internet scene since before the web began. Not only has he been a long-time participant in The Well, he has published the SanFranZiskGo! Weekly Events listings for close to 7 years now. Brian also founded Green Witch Radio, and worked as director of Business Development for the entertainment portal, iCAST. read more