Update: Feb 2010
Since we keep getting promos sent, I am going to soon do an ambient music
radio show like my other station -- using mystery tracks -- tracks without data
assigned to them. If a listener needs info for a purchase, they can then
use the online webform (see below) to contact me.
Thanks for all the years of listener & artist support!ADD YOUR CONTACT E-MAIL FOR REPLY!!
EER-MUSIC.com regrets that for now, due to new copyright laws and unfair legislation pursued by SoundExchange, it is no longer ecomically feasible to offer our ambient music radio show. This breaks our heart that greed by the many corporate types is killing free promo that labels and artists (like myself!) used to be able to use, to get the music out to fans. My regrets to labels and artists that we were prevented from playing the music you sent us. This really is a sad situation for small webcasters and the independent musician. Upset? Write your congressman or inform SoundExchange and the Copyright Royalty Board what you think of them and their uber-greedy ways. Ciao for now . . .
Digital Briefs: Live365, Copyright Royalty Board September 01, 2009 - Digital and Mobile By Antony Bruno, Denver -- Internet radio provider Live365, one of the few webcasters to turn down the recent SoundExchange compromise agreement for streaming royalty rates, is taking a decidedly different approach to the ongoing dispute - by challenging the constitutionality of the Copyright Royalty Board. The basis for this challenge is a recent U.S. Court of Appeals opinion in the District of Columbia, where one of the judges said the CRB "raises a serious Constitutional issue." "Billions of dollars and the fates of entire industries can ride on the Copyright Royalty Board's decisions," the opinion reads. "(The CRB) exercises expansive executive authority ... unsupervised by the Librarian of Congress or by any other Executive Branch official." Building off that statement, Live365 filed a federal lawsuit the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking an injunction against all further CRB proceedings until the constitutionality of the entity can be resolved. The suit comes on the cusp of the start of new royalty setting proceedings. "The constitutional issue is the elephant in the room at the CRB. Before any hard-earned artists' royalties and webcaster investments are spent on a potentially invalid royalty setting court, we are just requesting, for the benefit of all parties, to have this significant concern addressed and answered," said Mark Lam, CEO of Live365, Inc.
