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Broadcast online with Pirate Radio


In the spirit of Download Like a Pirate Day, If you want to take to the airwaves and be your own radio broadcaster, Pirate Radio, a PC based internet broadcasting app can help you get your own radio station launched with minimum equipment and no technical skills required. All you need is a PC with a sound card, some audio and a constant connection to the internet.

You can broadcast live with a microphone and live input compatible sound card or a playlist of digital audio files. Your station will put you back only $40 for the software. As for whether or not permission is needed to broadcast music, Pirate Radio recommends you check out RIAA's stance on the issues as well as Save internet radio's opposing view. In any event, Pirate Radio puts the onus on you to be in compliance with the laws of your broadcast area.

Yah, sure there are other ways (some free) to get your pirate station on, but Pirate Radio is turnkey and it has an awesome name.

Filed under: Audio, Internet

Net Radio gets two more months to live

savenetradioThe Copyright Royalty Board has delayed implementation of the new royalty rates on internet broadcasters that had been set to take effect May 15th. The new rates will now be effective on July 15th, giving netcasters a few more months to try to reach a deal to prevent the coming apocalypse.

Basically, internet radio producers say the new rates would be so high that most online radio services would be put out of business.

Meanwhile, a bill has been introduced in Congress that could reverse the Copyright Royalty Board decision and establish a new system for setting royalty rates.

The SaveNetRadio coalition says it will use the new two-month reprieve to lobby Congress in support of the bill.

Filed under: Audio, Internet, News

Bill introduced to save internet radio

PandoraCongressman Jay Inslee and eight cosponsors have introduced the Internet Radio Equality Act, designed to combat the recent rate hike implemented by the Copyright Royalty Board.

If no action is taken, royalty rates on internet music broadcasts will jump significantly on May 15th, potentially putting many small netcasters out of business.

Among other things, the new bill would:
  • Nullify the Royalty Board decision.
  • Change the arbitration process for internet radio rate setting.
  • Establish that the minimum annual royalty a netcaster has to pay can be no higher than $500.
  • Set a transitional royalty rate that is the same as the rate paid by satellite broadcasters.
The bill gives the save net radio crowd a chance to rally behind a specific action. Up until now, they'd been asking folks to write their local members of Congress to demand action. Now they're asking for people to call legislators and ask them to support the bill.

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