Internet Radio

This is a really important issue for me. Radioparadise has been an important source of new music for me. Before I found it, I thought that important new music just wasn't available. Within a year of listening to RP, my CD collection doubled in size.

Now, the US Copyright office has issued new rates on internet "broadcasts," or webcasting, that are so high that RP as well as many other internet radio stations could be shut down. The new rates are at the behest of the music industry, and the RIAA, who treat their customers like a criminals and can't figure out why their bottom lines aren't meeting their expectations. I can't help but see these people as shooting themselves in the foot, but what can you do with an industry that refuses to change with new technology.

Read this blog by Bill Goldsmith, DJ at RP for a much more comprehensive description of the issue.

EDIT: Here is a site where you can check to see if an album is released by a member of the RIAA. Be sure to avoid buying from them.