Comments on: Radio airplay is “a form of piracy” http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/06/24/radio-airplay-is-a-form-of-piracy/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: BrianZ http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/06/24/radio-airplay-is-a-form-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-374628 BrianZ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:28:53 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2511#comment-374628 I'm not a radio listener anymore and haven't been since 2000. Because I don't like the fact that the Radio Industry tells the general public what music is cool. <br><br>With the change, radio could become more of a national music barometer instead of record label PR teams and industry suits. Also, if you are in NY and you listen to a rock station and then go to L.A and listen to a rock station., you will hear the same music. But now, you could have NY stations playing different things because of the type of music they (NY Stations) value as opposed to LA stations. That might be interesting. It could also make the recording industry accountable for some of the garbage they hype, because the radio stations will say, "What is that crap? I'm not paying for that!" It could be that this change may fix the "Soulja Boy" problem with current radio.<br><br>Again, it all goes back to the recording industry shooting themselves in the foot. By charging radio, they lose control of deciding what is hot and what is not. It may not be something they foresee, but it might happen. I'm not a radio listener anymore and haven't been since 2000. Because I don't like the fact that the Radio Industry tells the general public what music is cool.

With the change, radio could become more of a national music barometer instead of record label PR teams and industry suits. Also, if you are in NY and you listen to a rock station and then go to L.A and listen to a rock station., you will hear the same music. But now, you could have NY stations playing different things because of the type of music they (NY Stations) value as opposed to LA stations. That might be interesting. It could also make the recording industry accountable for some of the garbage they hype, because the radio stations will say, “What is that crap? I'm not paying for that!” It could be that this change may fix the “Soulja Boy” problem with current radio.

Again, it all goes back to the recording industry shooting themselves in the foot. By charging radio, they lose control of deciding what is hot and what is not. It may not be something they foresee, but it might happen.

]]> By: BrianZ http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/06/24/radio-airplay-is-a-form-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-345744 BrianZ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:28:53 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2511#comment-345744 I'm not a radio listener anymore and haven't been since 2000. Because I don't like the fact that the Radio Industry tells the general public what music is cool. <br><br>With the change, radio could become more of a national music barometer instead of record label PR teams and industry suits. Also, if you are in NY and you listen to a rock station and then go to L.A and listen to a rock station., you will hear the same music. But now, you could have NY stations playing different things because of the type of music they (NY Stations) value as opposed to LA stations. That might be interesting. It could also make the recording industry accountable for some of the garbage they hype, because the radio stations will say, "What is that crap? I'm not paying for that!" It could be that this change may fix the "Soulja Boy" problem with current radio.<br><br>Again, it all goes back to the recording industry shooting themselves in the foot. By charging radio, they lose control of deciding what is hot and what is not. It may not be something they foresee, but it might happen. I'm not a radio listener anymore and haven't been since 2000. Because I don't like the fact that the Radio Industry tells the general public what music is cool.

With the change, radio could become more of a national music barometer instead of record label PR teams and industry suits. Also, if you are in NY and you listen to a rock station and then go to L.A and listen to a rock station., you will hear the same music. But now, you could have NY stations playing different things because of the type of music they (NY Stations) value as opposed to LA stations. That might be interesting. It could also make the recording industry accountable for some of the garbage they hype, because the radio stations will say, “What is that crap? I'm not paying for that!” It could be that this change may fix the “Soulja Boy” problem with current radio.

Again, it all goes back to the recording industry shooting themselves in the foot. By charging radio, they lose control of deciding what is hot and what is not. It may not be something they foresee, but it might happen.

]]> By: Is Internet radio on the brink? » mathewingram.com/work | http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/06/24/radio-airplay-is-a-form-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-338935 Is Internet radio on the brink? » mathewingram.com/work | Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:00:23 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2511#comment-338935 [...] many cases using the Internet radio decisions for leverage, and even going so far as to argue that radio airplay is a “form of [...] [...] many cases using the Internet radio decisions for leverage, and even going so far as to argue that radio airplay is a “form of [...]

]]> By: Podsafe or die? I don’t think so… « Canadian immigrant song http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/06/24/radio-airplay-is-a-form-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-338517 Podsafe or die? I don’t think so… « Canadian immigrant song Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:38:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2511#comment-338517 [...] Matthew Ingram is a classy writer I first saw at Podcamp Toronto 2008, and which I follow ever since. He is observing the heated relation between the record industry and radio with his fantastic skill of highlighting all angles of the conversation. Read here, it should be a 2-minute lecture, no more: Radio airplay is a “form of piracy.” [...] [...] Matthew Ingram is a classy writer I first saw at Podcamp Toronto 2008, and which I follow ever since. He is observing the heated relation between the record industry and radio with his fantastic skill of highlighting all angles of the conversation. Read here, it should be a 2-minute lecture, no more: Radio airplay is a “form of piracy.” [...]

]]> By: Big ears http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/06/24/radio-airplay-is-a-form-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-341022 Big ears Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:53:05 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2511#comment-341022 I've always thought that broadcasting a work over a public resource like the radio bands should be considered an implicit statement that one has released the work from control and constraint. You can't shout something from the mountaintop, and then insist people keep it a secret. If I can observe something from my home, and I didn't ask to, then by crikey, I consider the observation to be entierly mine to do with as I choose. How is it that copyright can make that sort of pragmatic position sound so crazy? It even sounds crazy to me. I've always thought that broadcasting a work over a public resource like the radio bands should be considered an implicit statement that one has released the work from control and constraint. You can't shout something from the mountaintop, and then insist people keep it a secret. If I can observe something from my home, and I didn't ask to, then by crikey, I consider the observation to be entierly mine to do with as I choose. How is it that copyright can make that sort of pragmatic position sound so crazy? It even sounds crazy to me.

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