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Record Labels Flip Out After Indian Copyright Board Massively Lowers Radio Royalties
from the get-ready-for-the-anti-India-spin dept
Get ready to hear all sorts of stories from record labels about how India is "anti-music" and a problem. That's because the Copyright Board in India just drastically changed the royalty structure for playing music on FM radios. Rather than a set hourly rate of approximately $25.60 - $35.50/hour (1200 to 1600 rupees), it's now saying that stations should just pay 2% of their net advertising. That turns out to be a massive change -- perhaps a drop of about 90% to the record labels, since the current hourly rates represent about 18% of net advertising revenue. Of course, as the article points out, the 18% rate was much higher than most of the rest of the world and crippling to radio stations. But, in the world we live in, the record labels will never accept the idea that they don't always deserve greater and greater rights to money.
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It was about that time when this reporter's spleen burst from the sheer stupidity of our elected leaders....
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Are you trying to go down the douglas adams vogon poetry route with that?
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Smart move actually ....
This is actually a very smart move on the governments part. It allows Prasar Bharati, India's public broadcaster, to not get charged. It reduces the burden to indian stations makinig them comparable or less than the rest of the world percentage wise.
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INFRINGER! PIRATE! TERRORIST! I'm calling the FBI right now!
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Indian drop in record companies extorted $
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http://content.usatoday.com/topics/article/Places,+Geography/Regions/Middle+East/03FP3dR9Zr 5JQ/1
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Score!
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"Vice President Joe Biden also rallied for the cause."
Clicked through to the USA Today consolidation page.
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Record Labels Flip Out After Indian Copyright Board Massively Lowers Radio Royalties
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Better start infringing, ahh pirating, ahhh, stealing, oh what the hell, do it anway, Pink Floyd's Have A Cigar. :)
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India loves music, and labels help sell the music.
Record labels need to substantiate their business model in an ever-evolving market place. Taking $10 and putting $9 in your pocket, while giving $1 to the artist is a very good and viable model. I don't understand why you have a problem with this.
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I think someone may have goofed on the exchange rate... probably should be 12,000 to 16,000 rupees to add up to those amounts of dollars.
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