> -----Original Message----- > From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 August 2004 11:16 > > as does playing these tracks as part of a mix on radio (online or > otherwise). and i think technically playing records out in public ie. > at a club. > > so where does this leave us?
Juno, Piccadilly and other online record shops can't host clips of tracks any more, for one... Radio stations need to pay fees to the PRS (in the UK) as they do generate money off the back of the music they play. So do licensed clubs and bars and so on - part of the reason why people go to these places is to hear music, and so the people who make the music need to be paid. I think the line would be crossed if someone hosted online mixes, charged people for downloading them, and didn't pass any revenue on to the artists whose tracks appeared on the mixes. As it is, online mixes are pretty much promotional devices for underground records, and there are tonnes of records I own which I first heard on online mixes. They've replaced mixtapes in that sense, I'd say. Ah, mixtapes... <gets all nostalgic> Brendan
