Impact of Royalty Increases on Internet Radio (5)

Testimony from Cathy Fink--Artist, Washington, DC

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[CMNetworx]

Wait a minute here, She pays for advertising, but isn't her song being played on the internet radio a form of advertising? Shouldn't she pay for that? If the song isn't heard on the radio, be it fm or internet radio, it will not sell. Musicians should have to pay to have their songs played and profit from the sales of their cd. Just like any other kind of product, If it is talked about on the tv or radio, or internet radio, it is because that group paid to advertise their product...

[Woofpop]

Kathy Fink is a sellout - a miserable corporate shill.

[NightAire]

Turnabout is fairplay, ohshervin:

For some reason people seem to over look that producing internet radio is a costly, time consuming labor of love. Unfortunately, love does not pay the bills. If webcasters are not paid for the radio they create, they will not be able to create.

If it works for artists, it works for webcasters! Who shall we get the government to rob blind for us... the listeners?

[zunipus]

My comments Part 1:

Disgust and nausea is all I can feel having heard the corporate-line comments by Silverman, Fink and Lee. Could they have expressed themselves any better as illogical sycophants to the corrupt US music business that destroys diversity and promotes parasitism of artists for the sake of lining executive's pockets?

Parts 2, 3 and 4 of my comments can be found after video #9 at the end of this series.

[rgbis4uno]

why do the people arguing over this keep from bringing up the fact that internet radio is being charged exponentially more than any other form of radio? i mean seriously? yeah compensate away but don't make them pay an arm and a leg while the other guys just have to drop a couple washingtons on the plate.

[rockordi]

I am not saying they need to live in poverty, but I've seen the houses around Maryland/Washtingon DC/Northern Virginia, and the large houses cost over $1,000,000, and add the cost of living, and you think, "Why live there?" Especially when you can buy a smaller, but still good-sized, suitable house, for half that, and reduce your taxes as well. And then the cost of running a small business is less troublesome, and she won't have to blindly attack an industry that's trying to help her.

[leafygreens13]

She doesn't "get" what she has to gain from webcasters. Even if she is a Grammy winner, children's folk music is of minimal interest for the mass public and there have been few outlets to reach a larger audience. My guess, she gets no play on commercial radio, and is only heard on a few NPR stations. She doesn't "get" the fact that internet radio may allow her to expand her audience and possibly have more gigs & CD sales as a result. She obviously drank the kool-aide or lemonade, or whatever.

[sionnak]

Does it bother the NPR that Cathy Fink, an artist, who uses public radio to promote her cd's and shows, is for the new royalty decision by the CRB that would cripple the NPR?

[foleyco]

I see, so musicians shouldn't be able to live a life with any luxuries? Why do artsits have to live a bare bones existence? Also all of these responses about musicians are greedy for buying expensive instruments is unfair. As artists become more succesful they graduate to higher quality equipment, would you want to hear your favorite band play squires through a crate?

[rockordi]

You live in a freaking MANSION, Ms. Fink. Sell it for a more modest house and you'll have fewer problems.