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Hey gang,

I just did an interview for the NPR station out of the SF Bay area.
About the boycott-riaa website and the Napster Case.
http://www.kqed.org/radio/ it will air (very brief) sometime tomorrow, and the reporter told me he may put it up as an audio clip on his website as well. He will let me know when it airs....

Bill

PS I managed to slip in DMUSIC as well..

Whoa that's pretty sweet, our own Bill Evans gets interviewed. Lets hope that they keep the Dmusic shoutout when it airs. It's such cool news I had to share.


Yo, it's me, it's me, it's KDP, and here for you is the D-Musical Notes.

Has anyone been watching That 80's Show? It's quite funny and I'm digging the wimmins in it much more than in That 70's Show Even that girl with the spikes, Tuesday I believe her name is, is really hot. Yeah that's all the opening thoughts I have today.

Here is news for you.

Webcasters pissed at New Radio Costs
Credit CNet News

News Bite:

A closely watched arbitration panel appointed by the U.S. Copyright Office recommended that online radio stations pay about a seventh of a cent for every song they stream online.

For America Online, which said it was streaming about 160 million songs a month by late last year, the new rates would turn into a monthly bill of about $224,000.

In addition, the rate is retroactive, requiring companies to make back payments that could run to millions of dollars.

The recommendation isn't final yet, but it's already drawing criticism from an Internet trade group, which declared itself to be "extremely disappointed" in the results.

"A lower rate would more accurately reflect the marketplace for music performance rights and the uncertain business environment of the Webcast industry," Digital Media Association (DiMA) Executive Director Jon Potter said in a statement.

"Artists and labels, who have supported these new businesses from the start with their music, are one step closer to getting paid," Hilary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association of America, said in a statement.

"We would have preferred a higher rate," she added. "But in setting a rate that is about 10 times that proposed by the Webcasters, the panel clearly concluded that the Webcasters' proposal was unreasonably low and not credible.

The royalty rates must still be approved by the U.S. Copyright Office. This decision will come only after a 60-day public comment period, and DiMA will use that opportunity to press again for lower rates, the group said.

The proceeding, and the years of dispute preceding it, were kicked off by the passage of a landmark copyright law dealing with digital media in 1998.

There's more.

Joe's D-Thoughts:
Well I wonder how many Netcasters are going to drop off the the internet in the next couple of months? Oh well I never listened to them anyway, 56k sucks for Net Radio.

Dreams come True: N'Sync rocketed off into Outerspace
Credit Mtv News

News Bite:

Lance Bass has out-of-this-world plans when 'NSYNC end their Celebrity 2002 tour — he's planning to go into orbit this fall with the help of a television production company, Russian technology and a lot of sponsors.

"I am completely overwhelmed at this invitation," Bass said in a statement announcing the trip. "I'm looking forward to completing this lifelong dream."

For a civilian to embark on a space flight — in this case, aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket — the usual asking price is about $20 million. So far only one civilian — American businessman Dennis Tito — has ponied up the money and gone into space, but South African Mark Shuttleworth is booked to make the trek. Tito paid to have a Russian rocket take him to the International Space Station for eight days in April 2001, while Shuttleworth, who has been training for four months at Star City outside Moscow, is slated to make the trek to the ISS on April 20.

Despite his brief tenure at Florida’s U.S. Space Camp at the age of 12, for Bass to blast off, he too will have to undergo five to six months of training at Star City before he takes a seat on a mission in early November.

Finish up the article.

Joe's D-Thoughts:
This has the making of a horrible tragedy, I really don't wish ill will towards this kid but isn't this how movies start when something goes "horribly wrong"? It's kind of like Princess Di's "Storybook" relationship with Dodi Fayad. Come November will we see a happy hearthrob in space or another dead celebrity?

Satallite Radio: What a gyp
Credit CNet News

News Bite:

Under the deal, the satellite radio operators will pay royalties to ASCAP in return for the right to publicly broadcast about 7 million compositions in ASCAP's repertoire.

Details of the five-year agreement were not disclosed.

"The depth and diversity of music played on satellite radio means that more of our members will have their works heard and receive royalties as a result," said Vincent Candilora, senior vice president and director of licensing of ASCAP.

Sirius said it was pleased to reach an amicable agreement that compensates ASCAP's composers and lyricists.

Established in 1914, ASCAP is the world's largest performing rights organization with more than 130,000 composers, lyricists and music publisher members.

XM launched service nationwide in November and already claims 30,000 subscribers. Sirius launched its service in four cities last week and plans to complete its nationwide launch in August.

Joe's D-Thoughts:
I've listened to this... XM, it isn't that special and the music is just ok IMO, What's nice is that the Radio Station is Worldwide, but so is my mp3/CD player or my HDD mp3 player which gives me hours upon hours of music that I personalize and enjoy. And there's not monthly fee.

OJ has the news of Napster back in Court.

Heidi has news on a SWEET Flash based NetRadio business that's started up called the Hardcore JukeBox, wow now this is one Net Radio program I may use, they play great music and the streaming is a LOT smoother and sounds a lot better than the usual crap. No rebuffering, sweet!

Bill has more news about the RIAA screwing Net Radio.

OJ has news of the RIAA's plan to have the world follow their rules.

Heidi has the newest Dmusic Profile of inertia.

Pay-Per-View Computer movies
Credit CNet

The Costa Mesa, Calif.-based company said its service offers people the option of watching full-length flicks in a streaming or downloadable format via a high-speed Internet connection. Until now, Kanakaris' content has been available only in a streaming format.

People can access the films with their PCs on a pay-per-view basis for either $1.99 or $2.99, which gives consumers unlimited access to the film for two days. Consumers can also choose to pay a membership fee of $4.95 a month for access to more than 100 films.



Although Kanakaris is striving to transform the way people watch films, it enters a crowded field marked by competitive players. Lions Gate Entertainment-backed CinemaNow and Intertainer this week announced separately that they have tapped MGM Home Entertainment to showcase popular MGM films. In addition, Intertainer last year secured rights to Universal Studios' pay-per-view films.

Forming ties with major studios and licensing their content has been a major obstacle for video-on-demand providers. And the service has yet to become a blockbuster hit among consumers. Analysts said the key ingredients for success are the quality of movies and the technology.

"It's still unproven that people are...interested in paying for a video-on-demand service delivered to their PCs," said Jupiter Research analyst Joe Laszlo. Video-on-demand services "could well replace going to Blockbuster, which VOD wants to be. But I don't think it's quite there in the eyes of consumers right now...(and) I don't think there's been a clear kind of gold-medal winner in the VOD space yet."

Still, Kanakaris is aiming to get a foothold in the market. Last year, the company debuted AK.TV, a Web-based TV station accessible by wireless devices such as Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system. People can access TV programming--mostly Grade B movies and IKEA infomercials--through AK.TV.

Wow, that's pretty cool, but like Net Radio for me I can't use such wonderments due to my 56k(rap) connection. Maybe when highspeed becomes a bit cheaper I'll be able to access all this goodies.

Yep that's it I'm going to bed.

Joe

Whoo-hoo first post, I own you all!!!!

It doesn't matter that I wrote this. I am King.
And I love

FIRST POST BABY!! and yes it do matter

the "the hardcore jukebox" link goes to the wrong article.

How I play this mail?

"...arbitration panel appointed by the U.S. Copyright Office..." Now there's a panel of folks who can be considered impartial. ..like the Witch's henchmonkeys. Where's the arbitration panel appointed by webcasters??

ps: yeah, that's what i wanna do; i wanna sit in my office chair and watch movies on my computer monitor. Maybe I'll keep my shoes on too.

fixed my browser crashed while I was doing the link so I must have messed up. I'm not an idiot... honest... Ok maybe a little bit.

I have this slow bandwidth connection and net radio I never listened to not once, didn't even try.
As Joe pointed out I have 30gb mp3 player, no need for satellite radio.
Pay per view computer movies, must be like watching a webcam with the slow connection speed..no thanks.

Milla no throw witch name around, it's bad no henchmonkeys present!

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