July 1, 2007: You-n-Me, RIAA Free
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Across the U.S. this past Tuesday June 26th, thousands of webcasters were observing a national Day of Silence to protest new webcasting rates set by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board. These new rates, which will go into effect on July 15 (and are retroactive to January 1, 2006), will drastically increase the royalties webcasters must pay to SoundExchange, an offshoot of the RIAA that is supposed to distribute this money to artists.
WFMU believes in compensating artists. We currently pay webcasting royalties to SoundExchange and will continue to do so, but we are protesting the new rate scheme for a number of reasons:
1. Under the new rates, non-commercial webcasters only get a break on the commercial royalty rate if they maintain small listenership numbers. In order to afford the astronomical new rates, WFMU may have to cap online listenership on our streams, limiting our accessibility to music fans.
2. SoundExchange has not been dutifully distributing webcasting royalties to artists, claiming on their website that they are unable to locate thousands of artists including Kraftwerk, The Replacements, Pizzicato Five, The Muffs, and even Warren G!
Instead of webcasting silence on June 26th, WFMU decided to boycott all music that is registered with the RIAA and/or SoundExchange. Today, like other FMU DJs this week, I will play songs from live performances on WFMU, material from the public domain, orphaned works, music from bands and record labels that have signed a waiver releasing WFMU from SoundExchange's unreasonable royalty scheme, and music from artists that SoundExchange has neglected to pay.
We hope that this sends the message that WFMU is fully capable of airing great music that falls outside of the RIAA and SoundExchange's control.
If you would like to protest the new webcasting royalty rates, please call or write to your Representatives and Senators before July 15. More information, including a quick way to look up contact info for your elected officials, please visit
savenetradio.org.
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Track |
Album |
Label |
Approx. start time |
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Richard Pinhas
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Tikkun
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Metatron
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Cuneiform
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0:00:00
(Real)
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Mujician
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Part 1
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Colours Fulfilled
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Cuneiform
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0:13:55
(Real)
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Soft Machine
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Facelift
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Grides
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Cuneiform
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0:25:05
(Real)
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Hugh Hopper
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Lonely Woman
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Hopper Tunity Box
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Cuneiform
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0:32:00
(Real)
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Music behind DJ:
Davie Allen & the Arrows
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Cycle Breed
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0:35:31
(Real)
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No Neck Blues Band
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The Natural Bridge
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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones....
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Revenant
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0:42:08
(Real)
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Robert Pete Williams
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Dyin Soul
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Angola Prison
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Arhoolie
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0:46:48
(Real)
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Joe Callicott
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Laughing to Keep From Crying
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Mississippi Delta Blues
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Arhoolie
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0:55:07
(Real)
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Charlie Feathers
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I've Been Deceived
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Get With It
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Revenant
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0:55:55
(Real)
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B W Stevenson
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My Maria
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My Maria
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RCA
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0:57:34
(Real)
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Music behind DJ:
Davie Allen & the Arrows
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Cycle Breed
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1:03:44
(Real)
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Paul Burch & His Honky Tonk Orchestra
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Your Red Wagon
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Insurgent Country Volume 3
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Bloodshot
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1:08:22
(Real)
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Bassholes
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Nakema
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Blue Roots
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Revenant
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1:11:23
(Real)
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Joe Williams Washboard Blues Singers
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Baby Please Don't Go
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Harry Smith Anthology Volume 4
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Revenant
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1:16:13
(Real)
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The Hopkins Brothers
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Doin Little Heifer
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Joel, Lightning & John Henry
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Arhoolie
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1:18:12
(Real)
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Fred McDowell
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You Ain't Treating Me Right
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This Ain't No Rock n Roll
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Arhoolie
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1:22:38
(Real)
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Brownsville Station
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Smokin in the Boys Room
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Yeah!
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Big Tree
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1:26:44
(Real)
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Music behind DJ:
Yma Sumac
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1:28:21
(Real)
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Jandek
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Your Condition
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Later On
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Corwood
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1:36:11
(Real)
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
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Trout Mask House Sessions
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Grow Fins
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Revenant
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1:41:07
(Real)
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Fifth Estate
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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
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Bubblegun Classics
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Varese Sarabande
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1:54:46
(Real)
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Moondog
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Reeday
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The German Years
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Roof
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1:56:48
(Real)
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Music behind DJ:
Yma Sumac
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1:58:06
(Real)
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The Ex
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Human Car
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Singles Period
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Touch and Go
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2:08:00
(Real)
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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
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Petrophonics
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Petrophonics
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Cuneiform
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2:13:24
(Real)
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Erkin Koray
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Turku
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Electronik Turkuler
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Nexus
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2:15:52
(Real)
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3 Mustaphas 3
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Fiz'n
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Friends Fiends and Fronds
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Omnium
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2:24:50
(Real)
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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
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Socket
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Strangers From The Universe
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Matador
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2:32:07
(Real)
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Music behind DJ:
Hot Butter
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Popcorn
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Rock Instrumental Classics
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2:36:24
(Real)
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Crazy Elephant
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Gimmee Gimmee Good Lovin
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Bubblegum Classics
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Varese Sarabande
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2:42:41
(Real)
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Changing Tymes
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She Laughed at Me
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Sigh Cry Die
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Arf Arf
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2:44:19
(Real)
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The Bobby Fuller Four
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I Fought the Law
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Never to be Forgotten
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Mustang
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2:47:10
(Real)
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Joe Maphis
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Water Baby Boogie
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Sundazed Sampler
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Sundazed
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2:49:34
(Real)
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Rave-Ons
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The Line
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Party Party Party
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Arf Arf
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2:52:14
(Real)
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Killdozer
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Pour Man
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God hears the Pleas of the Innocent
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Touch and Go
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2:54:35
(Real)
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Music behind DJ:
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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Greyhound
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Orange
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Matador
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2:58:04
(Real)
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