Sunday, March 4, 2007
Internet Radio
Where I live there is NO good radio reception. To get music that is listenable without buzz, crackles, and sudden interruptions by stations from some other vicinity, internet radio is it.
It's amazing what you can get on internet radio now. The soundtrack for my life is usually radioparadise.com with occasional brief excursions into classical or news. Bill who runs RP posted a blog today about how the Recording Industry Association of America is changing the fee structure for internet radio in a way that would effectively put these stations out of business.
At my place, to get bad music over the local cable system costs a $10 per month. On the airwaves (usually when I'm in my car) I find the payola prompted playlist radio of wacky DJ's interspersed with really annoying ads doesn't play music I like. So I've gravitated to this one station, where the music consistently makes me feel like my life is just better.
But the RIAA seems to think that I'm pirating the music I hear through this station. Actually, I've bought more CD's since I got into internet radio than in my entire life beforehand. Just like the big flap over audiocassettes being able to record radio play of songs in the 1970's, the government and RIAA are thinking of internet radio as stealing music. My take is that these organizations need to look at internet radio the way they've always looked at radio airplay -- as promotion for their artists.
I'm not a technophobe but I have no clue how I'd preserve or save the internet radio signals I receive. I'd suspect most other folks are the same way -- just like regular radio why save it if its there and you can tune in anytime?
No matter what you listen to right now, it seems like the best idea is to keep internet radio available for those of us who want it. I wrote to my State Senators and Representative about this today. If you want to keep internet radio alive, you might check out Bill's comments and links on Radio Paradise and do the same.

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