[bruceatk]

Originally Posted by Cochese

First off, if this has already been said, BLOW ME. I'm not reading through 28 pages of rants.


Allow me to play the devil's advocate for a moment:

I dont think that the contract is all that bad. Its probably not right for keith and the girl, but its good for podcasters with smaller audiences. By combining their "forces", its easier to say to advertisers, "If you advertise with us, you can reach X numbers of listeners". X being a large number, much larger than any standard radio audience. Of course, the organiser of the group gets a cut of the advertising revenue, but the podcaster sees income that he would otherwise not see at all. No podcaster is going to get rich from this.

Where the contract sucks is the ownership and rights bullshit. For g-d sakes let the podcasters continue to podcast any way they see fit. If they choose to abuse the sponsors, drop them from your program.

Its a good idea, banding together to create these huge audiences that are attractive to advertisers, but its a dumb idea to try and steal the podcasters' souls.

Well said. I agree. While KATG were reading the contract they even covered where it states in the contract that the contract can be modified. It seems to me that the contract can be adjusted to whatever both parties can agree to. If you don't agree and can't come to agreement then you don't sign. Why make fun of the people that have signed. They agreed to whatever their contract said.

Bruce