http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/indie_webcasters_react_to_latest_proposa SoundExchange, the group that collects fees from webcasters and distributes the money to labels and artists, offered a new deal on rates to independent webcasters earlier this week. The deal—which would allow small webcasters to pay a percentage of their revenues (10 to 12 percent) rather than a rate based on plays (which works out to a drastically smaller payout)—is similar to the deal I described in a recent CounterIntel column, in which I sided with SoundExchange. (Sue me, but I think artists should get paid.) Not sure how I feel about SoundExchange deal at the moment, though. The webcasters... Copyright 2008 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:19:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss