[BC] Arrested for just telling people where tofind Copywrited material.

[R A Meuser]

I guess Rick Sklar never got that memo :-)




Paul Smith W4KNX wrote:
> When I first got into radio in the mid sixties, the program director and
> music director were both under 30 years old, and I was told that by the time
> you are 30, you no longer can pick new hit music.  The station I worked for
> was programmed as a top 40, which I guess would be known as a CHR today.
> 
> Paul Smith
> Sarasota, FL
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sid Schweiger" <sid at wrko.com>
> To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [BC] Arrested for just telling people where tofind Copywrited
> material.
> 
> 
> 
>>>>An old friend of mine was just laid off from Universal's marketing
>>
>>department in Los Angeles, along with his boss and 11 other staff
>>members -- Universal nuked his whole department because the company's
>>sales downturn made it economically impossible to continue running
>>it. Mark had been working there for over 5 years. Don't delude
>>yourself; file sharing *is* hurting real people and so far, digital
>>downloads are not making up for lost CD sales ;-(<<
>>
>>Maybe they ought to spend more time worrying about having viable product
>>to sell and less time running after children and 75-year-old
>>grandmothers for $3000 settlement payments...while they simultaneously
>>delude themselves into thinking that such actions will curtail illegal
>>downloads.
>>
>>It's very interesting listening to XM's 60s channel these days.  Before
>>the top of the hour, they review the top six songs from the same week in
>>a year from the 1960s decade.  After that, you hear Bill Drake's "Number
>>One then...and Number One now!" liner, followed by as much as the DJ can
>>stand of the current number one song.  I'll freely admit that I haven't
>>listened to a top-hits station in years, but I have never heard worse
>>"music" in my life.  Totally without rhythm (except for bass lines that
>>would set off seismic detectors), melody, musicianship, lyrics or any
>>other minimally redeeming quality.  It's no wonder that the DJ cuts off
>>the song abruptly, followed by a recorded voice saying, "Well, that's
>>enough of THAT!"
>>
>>If the recording companies seek redemption of their (failing) business,
>>they ought to start by looking at themselves.