DRM - not relevant to reggae?

[leggo rocker]

I'm vexed this morning because live365.com pulled my reggae radio station due to DRM violations.

The rules are that you can't play more than three tracks in a row by the same artist. As I had a playlist that was dedicated to the Revolutionaries they decided this was a violation. But they fail to understand that it is almost impossible to play more than three DUB tracks in a row from the featured era (1970 - 1984) WITHOUT playing the Revs or the Ags over and over.

I also doubt that ANY of the fees we are paying to broadcast this stuff is getting anywhere near any of the members of the bands - or even the producers. (yes, we internet radio jocks actually pay to do this!)

So I'm sorry for you dub fans, the Dub set has gone, but I'll find some way to replace it sson - along with a whole heap of brand new playlists coming soon!

[MightyZ]

I think it is the US lawmakers that have put live365 in this position not live365 themselves. When I first started my unreleased techno station there were no royalties to pay and no DRM restrictions. Then congress passed judgement and they started to charge the royalty fee. It was only $5 per month but I was pretty miffed as I had direct permission from every single artist to play their stuff as they had all sent it to me with that express purpose. I also know for sure that none of the artists ever saw a penny in royalty fees, they just go to established record labels (you know the one's leggorocker - we used to deliver to their plush marble lined offices in Kensington in the Courier days - those poor bastards eh - what with internet radio and mp3's it's amazing they can still afford Kensington!).

MightyZ

[leggo rocker]

Watch this space.

Live reggae DJ sets soon come - streaming to a computer near you from my own private server.

Come up and mash up the decks live to the world one weekend Mighty Z.

[sassoreggae]

DRM or DMCA?

DMCA is not a Live365 law... is a US copyright law passed by Congress.

All internet station in US to stay legal must be DMCA compliance... Live365 have a DMCA filter that check all stations and if any station violate the rule, Live365 put the station offline.

[leggo rocker]

Yes, I guess I mean DMCA.

Whatever, it sucks.

And if I upload MightyZ's awesome CD album 'Mighty Dub' to live365 will they be sending my bredder some royalty cheques? I doubt it.

Britney Spears and her crew would get the profit from his hard work.

[bwoyrough]

DRM is some kind of license they use to embedd into videos like WMV files which allows only the person who has the drm license to play it, for example when u buy a video online pay per download u get an individual drm that allows only you to use the file and stops others copying it, not sure if they use the same things in audio files.
I'd sure love to know exactly where them royalties you are paying go, like who gets them, your right the artists or producers i doubt will get anything so how do they decide where the money goes, i'd sure like to find out more, i bet you would see that it ends up claimed by some company who knows that the reggae artists will never find out about it so they claim the money for themselves, then if ever questioned in future they can always produce some dodgy receipt to say they bought the licesne of someone!(non existent). It's about time someone set up a company to deal with royalities due to reggae artists.

[leggo rocker]

Go to any mainstream record company.

Check out the big expensive cars in the directors car parks.

Then notice the glass, steel and marble palace that serves as their reception area.

Then check the plush management offices with the leather chairs and solid wood furniture.

Follow a director home to his chic penthouse flat in an ultra fashionable city district, or maybe that night he'll drive out of town to his big house in the countryside.

Seen them?

OK, so now you have found out where that money has all gone.