Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Onion Predicts the Future

Onion: RIAA Sues Radio Stations For Giving Away Free Music (2002)
Wired: Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting as 'A Form of Piracy' (2008)

Radio stations benefits: play popular music and generate revenue from commercial advertising.
Artist benefits: receive invaluable exposure to an audience and create opportunities to sell recordings.


Should radio stations pay royalties to artists and recording companies for broadcasting their music?

1 comment:

mamagoose said...

Ya gotta love the Onion.

One of my students last semester read something in the Onion about a boy bankrupting the Make-A-Wish Foundation by making excessive wishes.... and she thought it was true!

Don't believe everything you see in print.