Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:30AM - By Morelli
The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) has conducted a study called “Same Old Song” to determine the amount of independent music played on terrestrial radio. It turns out that from 2005 to 2008, indie music received only slightly more than 10 percent of traditional commercial radio airplay, with major label artists securing 78 to 82 percent. The results are somewhat expected, but grossly unfair, as indie music accounts for 30 percent of total music sales in the US.
“(…) Independents are simply not receiving a fair shake from commercial over-the-air radio,” said Rich Bengloff, President of the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). “It’s obvious that music fans want independent music, and commercial radio programmers continue to ignore that demand.”
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 1:00PM - By davidhall
It’s not clear whether President Barack Obama is a file sharing Internet user himself, but he’s at least showing some sympathy. The President nominated on Tuesday Julius Genachowski (above) - “a lawyer, techie and former venture capitalist” – as the new chief of the Federal Communications Commission.
As a supporter of network neutrality rights, which were ruled in a 3-2 vote to have been violated last August by Comcast to allegedly block BitTorrent users, Genachowski’s nomination represents the new administration’s support of file sharing (at least on some level) as a way to boost the free enterprise of a strangled Internet market.
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Monday, January 26, 2009 5:00PM - By Morelli
The Warp Records online store has closed, Warner Music forces its own artist’s videos offline and Obama is ready to nominate a new FCC Chairman, all in today’s round up!
- WarpMart, the Warp Records webshop, is finished. Users have been notified that all purchases, digital and physical, will now be made through a new version of the Bleep.com website. The site is still in its beta version, however, the change is helpful, as there will now be a single source for the music of Warp Records and related labels. [Electronic Music World]
- Death Cab For Cutie’s official hompage videos, embedded from Youtube, have been taken offline with the message “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by WMG”. The incredible thing is that Warner Music is the band’s own label. This ironic turn symbolizes perfectly the conflict between the major labels’ protectionism and the free-sharing culture. [Mashable]
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