This is not a April 1 joke. In Finland most radio stations cannot offer streaming audio because one certain copyright organisation (performers & Gramex):
http://www.gramex.fi/ This legal copyright group is charging so huge amounts of money from Finnish broadcasters that even our public (state owned) broadcaster Yle is not able to offer live streaming audio, see: http://www.yle.fi/rfinland/index.shtml You can hear only talk shows but no music. Yes, there are few Finnish radio stations offering streaming audio: http://www.radiohelsinki.fi/ But they are playing a risky game with the possibility of losing much money in the future depending on the decisions of our courts. Jorma Mantyla Kangasala Finland http://www.kaapeli.fi/~jmantyla/index2.htm On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > yes, April 1 is coming closer > > ;-) > > > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > > Von: "Mike Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > An: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Kopie: HCDX CONTRIBUTIONS - LATEST <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> > > Betreff: [HCDX] Threat to streaming audio > > Datum: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:48:08 -0000 > > > > The Phonographic industry, the group representing record companies in the > > UK, are to make it impossible for radio stations to stream audio outside > > the > > UK. A clause in the PPL's new license for commercial UK broadcasters may > > result in the shutdown of those stations' Internet streams to listeners > > everywhere > > else in the world beginning April 1. > > > > Sounds like there needs to be a lobby group set up quickly!! Any > > volunteers? > > > > Mike > > > > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html