Those who depend on the internet to stream the music they love may find that they have fewer choices this year, owing to a ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board. I particularly feel the potential loss of Live365, which has hosted a continuous stream of my own RADIOLA! since June 2005.
This is a regrettable loss because the popular music and jazz featured on RADIOLA!, Radio Dismuke, and similar Live365 stations dates back to the 1920s and 1930s, was produced by artists who died decades ago, and is otherwise almost unavailable.
Be that as it may, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act dictates that everything created after January 1, 1923 is still under copyright in the United States, and royalties must be paid to the (non-creative) owners of that acquired intellectual property.
This dire message was sent to listeners of the service on December 30, 2015, and while the service is still up and running as of this writing we hold out no great hopes that it will still be available by the time you read this:
"For 17 years, Live365 has offered small webcasters the opportunity to stream music and talk programming, providing an alternative distribution channel for diverse, quality content on the Internet in a legally responsible way.
"Recently, the Copyright Royalty Board, the governing entity for establishing the sound recording royalty rates that are paid to copyright holders, has
