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Thanks to the Internet, you no longer have to rely on local radio stations to listen to music you like, and you don’t have to worry about albums being out of stock at the local record store. You have access to a much wider selection of music, and you can listen to radio stations that are programmed according to your tastes.

Besides benefiting consumers, the Digital Music Revolution also gives musicians more control over their music. Thanks to MP3 and the Internet, bands that don’t have contracts with a record company now have access to a worldwide distribution channel that offers them a much higher profit potential. With Internet distribution, much of the overhead disappears. In fact, Internet record labels typically offer royalties of 50%, compared to the 12%-15% typically offered by the major labels.

The economics of Internet music distribution are so compelling that even major artists are choosing to distribute their music through the Internet. Some bands are going a step further and setting up Web sites to sell music and merchandise directly to their fans. Even if only a small percentage of their fans are online, this approach can generate much greater profits because the costs are so low.

A key factor early in this revolution was the development of Winamp, a popular program for playing digital audio on PCs. Winamp was the first full-featured program for playing music in MP3 format. Winamp was developed by Justin Frankel in April 1997, shortly after he dropped out of the University of Utah. Winamp quickly surpassed other players in popularity because of its advanced features like equalizer presets and support for third party plug-ins and skins. In June 1999, Justin’s company, Nullsoft, was acquired by America Online (AOL) for approximately $80 million in stock—not bad for a 20-year-old.

The spark that made the revolution front-page news was the lawsuit filed by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the AARC (Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies) to prevent Diamond Multimedia from selling its Rio portable MP3 player. Before the Rio, MP3 users were limited to listening to MP3 files on their computers. But the Rio provided a way to make MP3 portable and, therefore, more appealing to mainstream consumers. Suddenly, MP3 was a serious threat to the recording industry, which had previously not paid much attention to it.

The RIAA is concerned about MP3 because its small file size and lack of security measures make it easy for people to illegally reproduce and distribute copyrighted music. College students with fast Internet connections quickly found out that with MP3 they could download hundreds of songs in less time than it would take to make a trip to the local record store. This kind of piracy is difficult to prevent because the music is just digital bits, and not physical media like tapes and CDs. On the Internet, a single copy of a file can grow to thousands of copies in minutes.

The RIAA argued that the Rio was a digital recording device covered by the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992. A provision of this law requires consumer digital recording devices to incorporate the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS), to prevent the proliferation of multiple generations of digital copies. The RIAA also maintained that the Rio was used primarily to play pirated music downloaded from the Internet.

In June 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in favor of Diamond Multimedia, accepting its argument that the Rio was a computer peripheral and not subject to the SCMS requirement. The court also ruled that the Doctrine of Fair Use (see Chapter 5) allows consumers to “space-shift” music by copying it to another device, similar to their right to “time-shift” video recordings. The right to time-shift was established in the case of Sony versus Universal City Studios in 1984 (464 U.S. 417), which concerned the sale of videocassette recorders in the United States.

Diamond Multimedia not only won the lawsuit; they also received massive amounts of free publicity, which helped increase the demand for the Rio to the point where they were producing more than 10,000 of them per week. The ruling in favor of Diamond Multimedia was also a victory for consumers and consumer electronics manufacturers. But the battle over consumer’s fair use rights is far from over, and will likely require further legislation.
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                     Ron "DaTraxman"Carter

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In The "Spotlight" Ron TraXman Carter,a Master Drummer, and Multi-Instrumentalist keyboard player,
songwriter, and arranger/producer has made his mark and clearly
falls into the artist deserving of greater exposure category says Industry Insider Keith Red Dog Napier
and Ron Carter's brand new UrbanFunkHopJazz CD "I Want To Jam For Ya" is a clear
example why. Ron demonstrates his gift for making funky hip-hop jazz melodies. The Fayetteville,
North Carolina native now residing in Charlotte, N.Carolina is creating quite a buzz, Ron was
inducted into the National Registers of Whos Who of Executives and Professionals 2003/2004 Edition
and the Metropolitan's Who's Who in the 2005 edition,and has been voted number one on
internet music sites and most recently the First Annual Fame Games Effigy Awards 2008 in the
following five categories for hit song "Natural High"
Best Artist in Style - Jazz Funk The famegames profile,Best Instrumental Performance,Most Popular
Artist and Most Popular Solo at meermusic.com(famegames)onlinemusichype.com and
Urbanjoint.com and currently in the top ten charts on internet BroadJam. "Jam For Ya went to
number ..1 on urbanjoint.com * "Soul" went to ..1 on mp3.com jazz charts for charlotte &
urbanjoint.com) Website:http://www.FunkHopStarzOnlyEnt.com for info on where to purchase Hot
New UrbanFunkhop/Jazz CDJam For Ya ............ Experience has been Rons teacher in this oftencutthroat
music business, which by the way, didnt get the best of Ron Carter. After a paying
considerable dues from his 1st music industry ride he showed resilience and perseverance
and recreated himself by amercing his life into hands of God and his music, creating his new
branded company FunkHop-Inc which is now parent company is FunkHopStarzOnly
Entertainment,LLC

 

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Ron Carter made his mark in the U.S working with renown artist such as Keith Washington,Carolina
Panthers theme song The Final Touch, Johnny P from the Rap group Do or Die featuring
Scarface, J-Sly and female recording act RAW of Helen Wootens recordlabel Tonik under the
HK&Assoc managment company, Double Impact.Parrish Smith(EPMD multiplatnum hiphop
act),DRich from the hit r&b group( Undacova).Now creating his new album release I Want To Jam
For You. Which is a testimonial of his passion and hard work which has various traxz,songs that is
featured by various artist that Ron has currently with. Currently Ron is working on
his new projects which includes , and incredible A-List of fresh hot new artist “J Michael” aka J Lucas
is a very special pop star project that Ron is really focus on completing by winter of 2010 for a major
label deal that's in works, also a blazing hot new rap artist and a 12 yrs old little superstar rapper called
D A-JiberishPrincess aka"Angel" which is
actually the daughter of the Jiberishishrapstar and Hot New Young MCs named J-Burna and DreMoney
aka The hot new JiberishRap Star are artists which have been in the top charts over at
MemphisRap.com,a hot new rap call the"Holla"aka TopCity,and a Pittisburg P.A. hot young white
rapper that calls himself Kp that has that fire, also a host of new hiphop,r&b,pop,and Blazen
artist coming very soon.The streets know and it is apart of change which is destiny, we as a race of all
flavors and colors will not escape his will so yes DA Kalacc aka The Carolina's (NC/SC) Is
About to Turn it all around and No HIPHOP WILL NEVER DIE its the ending of the a New Begining
The Kids Need UpLifting and noting less will do at this point. Fresno, CA -- September 19, 2006
-- FunkHop-Inc Music,and Ann Marie Production have one thing in common—they are two of the most
powerful revolutionary production companies who are collaborating on a new feature film,
Stars too High, coming out March 2007. music producer Ron “Traxman” Carter , the man behind the
score of the movie and other soundtracks, incorporated innovative artists such as “Jiberish”
(AKA Gibberish) Rap Star Dre’ Money (2009 Best Rap Performance Charlotte Music Awards and also
nomintated for the L.A. Music Awards2010), who uses Pig Latin & hip-hop rhythm to enlighten his
listeners. Traxman also instills his own composed hip-hop jazz and melodic ballads to emotionalize
key scenes in the movie. “My drive is to look at every scene and synchronize it with every note of
music I’m playing—that’s the most important part of any movie is making sure the tracks fit
what’s happening, not because we want to fit artist in just because.” When he's not in the studio, Ron is
hard at work dealing with developing his music business, developing a strong
infrastructure for the future. He believes good business skills are a must for survival in this game of
music. Whats in the future for Ron Carter? FUNKHOPMUSIC-INC/FUNKHOPSTARZONLY
ENT,LLC has established and maintained partnerships with major industry music labels and veteran
professionals with vast expertise ranging from management, production, artists and
repertoire (A&R), promotions, and more. With locations in North Carolina and the Chicago,IL
metropolitan area through Helen Wootens HK&Assocs, FUNKHOP has two recording studios and is
increasing its presence throughout the country strong> strong>for music production.
FUNKHOPMUSIC-INC/FUNKHOPSTARZONLY is a BMI /ASCAP/ RIAA member. Company assets
include
industry-standard music production equipment, a vast catalog of more than 200 completed songs,
protected by copyright through TooIced Music Publishing a division of Funk Hop-Inc. During
the next three months, FUNKHOPSTARZONLY will be constructing its own website, as a full service
provider for independent music artists. The new joint-venture website,
http://www.FunkHopStarzOnlyEnt.com will offer on-line sales and promotions opportunities,and the
http://www.FunkHopStarzOly.net will offer industry-specific news and alerts; basic and detailed
on-line courses regarding industry trends, publishing and royalties, contract negotiations, and other
subjects; classified ads; and showcases for independent artists that provide touring
information, a venue for record sales, and artist profiles. The website will become the premier platform
for independent music artists from all genres. All up&coming Artistz ,Promotion
companys,Management companys and independent label reps needing to be apart of this Next-level
Vibe coming out of the QueenCity of Charlotte,and the Rest of the Ka'ca'lacc(Carolina's
N.C.&S.C.) lets connect this new link of successful relationships by keeping the Creator's spirit first
always, and the new Universal Cash flow will always provide and find its self being a part of all
our families destiny and the rest will do what its going do. I currently have a strong catalog of music
productions including
Rap&Roll*, Pop,MovieSound Traxz, Funk, Jazz-Fusion, R&B, Blues, Rap, Hip Hop, and Gospel
tracks.

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Im getting a lot of calls from Recording Artists and Record Labels who are expressing
interests, me and my partners team want to make sure that whatever direction I take is positive and
productive. I have surrounded my self with honest professional people who have my best
interests in mind. Napier feels Ron TraXman Carter of Funkhopmusic is sure to be one of the most
sought after premier Super Producers of the New Millennium, and compares Ron with great
producer/song writers as Dr Dre, Lil John, R ,Kelly ,La Reid,Geoge, Duke,Marcus Miller ,Bernie
Worrell keyboard master of the P-funk/George Clinton, and Quicy jones, Joe, D Angelo ect. If you
are interested in Ron TraXman Carters music, Funkhopmusic Inc. at Email all inquiries to
info@funkhopstarzonlyent.com, Traxman@funkhopstarzonlyent.com,
funkhopstarzonlyent@myspace.com, or
Trackmanfunkhop@yahoo.com or Chosen as The Top Recording Label and Hit Music Studio for 2008
for the www.thecityofcharlotte.com




CEO/Lead Music Composer,Arranger,Producer

All other inquiries feel free to contact

 info@funkhopstarzonlyent.com

 

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