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SINGAPORE NET RADIO GOES SILENT AFTER ROYALTY TALKS FALL THROUGH

In Singapore, Internet radio streams have gone silent after royalty negotiations fell apart. Radio stations were exempted from paying royalty fees on songs broadcast online in the country. That all changed when the Recording Industry Performance Singapore (RIPS) — the representative of 13 record companies that issue licenses to broadcast music — requested annual license fees for Internet radio. Negotiations to set the fee recently fell through and on Tuesday, online streams began to go silent.

“Sorry, 91.3 has had to stop streaming our radio signal on the Internet,” reads the notice on one station’s site. “A new music licensing regime has led to excessive music royalty rates that no longer make streaming a viable option.” Sounds familiar. While some radio networks are still in talks with RIPS, Tuesday is already being pinned as the day Internet radio died in Singapore. For more, check out Channel New Asia’s coverage here. (Thanks to RAIN reader Bryan Hance for the news tip!)

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I feel that internet radio broadcasters are going to be affected world wide eventually. I even heard from a fellow broadcaster friend who works for the FCC in DC that they are even talking about monitoring streams of licensed stations and making similar rules and regulations as traditional FM/AM stations. This would not only piss alot of people off, it would also dismiss our freedom of speech! The main reason I believe this is being talked about is the possibility of internet radio being more widely available in cars :o

 

 

 

Thats my input...lol

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http://www.broadcastingworld.net/news/webcasting.php?act=view&id=11

 

Mmm this is sad. Ive stayed in singapore for a few times and i love the radio and tv they have there. BUT i suppose with digital radio coming up and with the amount of tech singapore has compared to us, its not that much of a big deal IMO.

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The one thing I remember most about Singapore was I never saw Jukeboxes, but every other bar I went too, they had a computer hooked to the speakers.

 

If "football" (Soccer to us Westerners) was not on, a bartender was playing DJ, and the "hostesses" (I don't know the plural of hostess) was asking what their customers wanted to hear.

 

and NO, I did not spend my time in Singapore drinking away at the Four Orchid Paradise Resort. Too many "packaged surprises" on the "hostesses" for me to get drunk around.

 

To quote my friend who said it best....

 

ME: You know you just kissed a man?

Friend: (drunken slur) That was a man?

ME: Yes.

(uncomfortable drunken pause)

Friend: I love Singapore, they have the most beautiful men ever...

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If you read John Buckman's personal experiences with Record labels. (owner ow magnatunes)

 

The thing that gets me is most artist are not making decent money on their album. A lot end up owing the label.

 

Thats HORSE HOCKEY.

 

Im waiting for someone to gather enough unpublished bands together and start a network without cutting them a record deal. Have them save their money. Start a network similar to airplay direct. I would pay 10 bucks a month for access to royalty free music unrestricted by the RIAA. I would even promote their shows and set them up myself.

 

Its just a matter of time before the bands and broadcasters really team up, and when they do, its going to shift the tables on these greedy bastards once and for all.

 

Im not a man of intelligence, but a man of concious. A man of common sense. If a band cant support themselves, and a broadcaster cant support himself without donations, and their are BUILDINGS full of employees at record lables, with supervisors to supervisors, then somethings wrong. Somehow, we have let the system fail us.

 

When groups like RL have to get an appeal because my country is not allowing capitolist values into the industry and saying that SE will be the all spoken athority for rates and royalties, somethings wrong.

 

I can write John at Magnatunes, but when I wrote the ASCAP, no response. No feedback.

 

Nuff said there, because I could go on about this all day. I used to think their was a bigger purpose in these groups, but the only feedback I have ever seen from them is when they catch others doing wrong.

 

This business would be a lot easier if their was a forum for ASCAP and BMI directly from them and they could answer the questions we have.Im starting to believe that they like the shades of grey vague.

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  • 1 month later...

I dont even want the money.

I just think their should be an act that would be simple to apply.

 

All licensed broadcasters in the US have to file a monthy income report.

 

The idea is simple. If the station makes less money on in-stream/website revenue than cost of running the station, a STEEP discount should be given on licensing fees.

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The problem with all this is not only the RIAA and others label backed kack. Its the mindset that musicians have been fed. It used to be that you get discovered, signed to a label and BAM! your instant millionares! The truth is far from the reality. But it amazines me how many still think that theyve hit the big time when that label signs them and gives them their first $50,000 advance! Not knowing they have to sell enough CD's to pay that back. After publishing, promotion, recording, management, advertising and all kinds of other charges. The labels front the money, then take what they can off the front to pay that back. If it works out they make back their money and then some. If not, they write it off but...keep the copyrights...they win no matter what! And with the government letting the RIAA do as they want like collecting Royalties for bands who arent even members of the RIAA they continue to make money!

 

Someone has to show these artists its not what they thought or dreamed of!

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