Re: [HCDX] Threat to streaming audio

[Jorma Mantyla <jmantyla@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 HKu-DX@xxxxxx wrote:

> yes, April 1 is coming closer
> 
> ;-)
> 
> > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> > Von: "Mike Terry" <miketerry73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > An: <shortwaveBasics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Kopie: HCDX CONTRIBUTIONS - LATEST <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 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
> > 
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