How does the convergence of radio and internet effect media laws?
Well I think it’s going to make things really tricky in the future in terms of copyright. At the moment we have a requirement to remove all the songs from our podcasts because of copyright issues, but with people having the ability to stream a live show from anywhere around the world, obviously, we can not control what happens to the content we put on the air. New media technologies are making radio media more accessible: for example I can stream both Nova and a German radio station live to my iPhone via the internet. As new media is made more accessible by the net, I think the laws will inevitably change to try to reign in some control of it. Organisations like APRA / AMCOS will always try to protect the rights to the music of their members, and are no doubt coming up with new laws and guidelines to do that. Where do you see the future for community radio – with it competing against commercial stations? I think there will always be a space for community radio stations amongst the larg
