Hey guys, this is a big shout out from sunny South Africa. This is my first post, but definately not new to the forum game.

It's very interesting to see that not only here in SA are ppl struggling to get the music out there.

We don't really have much of the resources as the rest of the world, and struggle to keep up. Our internet web radio stations are very small, have very small hits, and no marketing is done to promote them, then again, no promoting for the EDM industry here.

I'll be reading up on the forums to get in the loop. So anyways, that was my big shout out.

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Thousands of U.S. webcasters plan to turn off the music and go silent this Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that, if implemented, would lead to the virtual shutdown of this country’s Internet radio industry.

http://www.lawbean.com/2007/06/23/i...t-on-june-26th/

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Originally posted by idoru http://www.lawbean.com/2007/06/23/i...t-on-june-26th/

Dood - that so totally sucks. You have to wonder, the world pushes the "Free Voice of the people" so much, but music is so restricted. I think we should petition "Free Music of the people"

Damn... and there was me wanting to get back on it

3 years in a hospital bed was enough overkill for me, i need to get back into the scene again, starting online.

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Originally posted by Sarah_Calsworth Damn... and there was me wanting to get back on it 3 years in a hospital bed was enough overkill for me, i need to get back into the scene again, starting online.

Goodluck getting back into the scene, Sarah. I've enjoyed the handful of mixes I heard from you.

Today is June 26th. Proton, DI and Soma have all taken part in the silence. Points to them.

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Originally posted by idoru Today is June 26th. Proton, DI and Soma have all taken part in the silence. Points to them.

Nice, but how does this rly help our case?

any other stations taking part in it?

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Originally posted by chris harrington Nice, but how does this rly help our case? any other stations taking part in it?

About 1,400 of them. Among them MTV Online, Yahoo Music, Pandora and Live365

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Originally posted by Johan (DJ Irish) About 1,400 of them. Among them MTV Online, Yahoo Music, Pandora and Live365

ahhh, now i c how that might help

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So what you say is that you support RIIA's decision of shutting down most of the Internett Radio just because you don't like Aly & Fila?

no,

don't be so dense.


that's sarcasm expressing my secret wish for that sort of music to be made illegal. if that's what you call trance then i suppose i am a 'trance hater' it's the kind of stuff that makes me leave nightclubs or drink myself to the point of not caring


there is so much more valuable use for internet radio that will be lost than fucking aly and fila

i'm fully in support of the pro-web radio cause, but come on, get a perspective.

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Originally posted by chris harrington Nice, but how does this rly help our case?

People made a new thread here in the MD for this once they tried listening to DI and it didn't work. There are a lot of regular internet radio listeners that don't pay too much attention to all of the politics, and doing this is a way to get the message out to literally the entire audience, as exemplified by the people making those threads.

On the way home the local radio station was talking about it. Sucks if it goes through.