While the new licensing terms affect the handful of larger sites, such as Pandora and so on, the real impact is on the thousands of small broadcasters, such as those who simply want to turn their traditional radio station into an online station as well.
They're screwed, big time.
So is anyone who falls outside of the cookie-cutter mold that the industry wants everyone to fall into.
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http://www.livenetmusic.com
It's my Google custom search engine that points at streaming radio stations, particularly those that have a significant amount of live music.
As many of the stations and shows indexed are from the BBC, they won't be affected by the fees fiasco.
http://blog.last.fm/2007/06/25/make-some-noise
They explained their position.
They're screwed, big time.
So is anyone who falls outside of the cookie-cutter mold that the industry wants everyone to fall into.
Jon