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Internet Radio: Next Tuesday, There Will Be Little To No Radio Ga-Ga
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<blockquote data-quote="muzikfrk" data-source="post: 1267"><p><img src="http://cache.idolator.com/assets/resources/2007/01/radio.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />If your favorite <a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/internet-radio/" target="_blank">Internet radio</a> station isn't playing music next Tuesday, don't panic! They're just taking part of the "Day Of Silence," in which thousands of webcasters will cease broadcasting in order to protest the <a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/copyright-royalty-board/internet-radios-heavy-hitters-may-be-holding-fund-drives-sometime-soon-266924.php" target="_blank">proposed royalty-rate hikes</a> that could put them out of business. So actually, maybe you <em>should</em> panic, because these raised rates are going to be severe. The participants include KCRW.com and Live365.com, and in case you're wondering just what constitutes a technical "day of silence," the <em><a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/radio/" target="_blank">Radio</a> And Internet Newsletter</em> has the answer:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">"We're asking everyone participating to commit to a stream that is PRIMARY -- more than 50% -- silent (although bleeps, surf noise, and static could all count as 'silence'), with occasional PSAs interspersed (or maybe, as you suggest, brief song excerpts; full songs would not be in the spirit of 'silence,' though). </p><p>Bleeps, surf noise and brief song excerpts? Is this going to be a 24-hour Paul Oakenfold marathon?</p><p><a href="http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/062007/index.shtml" target="_blank">Plans For "Day Of SIlence" Rapidly Taking Shape</a> [KurtHanson.com]</p><p></p><p><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?a=B9gI4K" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?i=B9gI4K" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></img></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/internet-radio/next-tuesday-there-will-be-little-to-no-radio-ga+ga-270854.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muzikfrk, post: 1267"] [IMG]http://cache.idolator.com/assets/resources/2007/01/radio.jpg[/IMG]If your favorite [URL="http://idolator.com/tunes/internet-radio/"]Internet radio[/URL] station isn't playing music next Tuesday, don't panic! They're just taking part of the "Day Of Silence," in which thousands of webcasters will cease broadcasting in order to protest the [URL="http://idolator.com/tunes/copyright-royalty-board/internet-radios-heavy-hitters-may-be-holding-fund-drives-sometime-soon-266924.php"]proposed royalty-rate hikes[/URL] that could put them out of business. So actually, maybe you [I]should[/I] panic, because these raised rates are going to be severe. The participants include KCRW.com and Live365.com, and in case you're wondering just what constitutes a technical "day of silence," the [I][URL="http://idolator.com/tunes/radio/"]Radio[/URL] And Internet Newsletter[/I] has the answer: [INDENT]"We're asking everyone participating to commit to a stream that is PRIMARY -- more than 50% -- silent (although bleeps, surf noise, and static could all count as 'silence'), with occasional PSAs interspersed (or maybe, as you suggest, brief song excerpts; full songs would not be in the spirit of 'silence,' though). [/INDENT] Bleeps, surf noise and brief song excerpts? Is this going to be a 24-hour Paul Oakenfold marathon? [URL="http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/062007/index.shtml"]Plans For "Day Of SIlence" Rapidly Taking Shape[/URL] [KurtHanson.com] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?a=B9gI4K"][IMG]http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/idolator/full?i=B9gI4K[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [url=http://idolator.com/tunes/internet-radio/next-tuesday-there-will-be-little-to-no-radio-ga+ga-270854.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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