Internet Radio on Death Row

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You might ask, Why is music on Internet radio framed as "public performances"? Well, when the recording industry (that is, the RIAA) saw the Internet coming along in the mid-1990s, they knew it would open infinite opportunities for radio, which had previously been confined to the AM and FM bands. So they took advantage of the opportunity to do with Internet radio what they couldn't do with terrestrial over-the-air analog radio: charge fees for every "performance" for every listener. They also saw in digital broadcasting an advantage that analog broadcasting never had: accountability -- at any level of granularity. If they could create a regulatory regime around charging per-recording/per-listener fees, one of two things would happen: A) They would obtain a revenue stream from the new online radio business; or B) the online radio business would fail and its threat to the status quo would be squashed.



I don't understand.

The songs you're playing , and making a profit on , they're not you're songs. These radio stations just popped up as "pirate" stations , making a buck off other peoples art work , and you now treat them as if they were some kind of legitimate business. Does a single penny go back to the artist who's songs are being played ? No ?

Piracy. It's all rampant piracy. Shut it down.