Upcoming Station Event: COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS

WIUP-FM is proud to present a special advanced screening of the new documentary, Copyright Criminals.

While sampling has been a characteristic of hip hop from the genre’s earliest days, contemporary copyright laws increasingly restrict artists’ ability to utilize this musical technique, claiming DJs and producers should be forced to pay the artists whose work they sample.  Is sampling intellectual property theft, or an artistic means of expression?  Does sampling rip off other artists, or does it generate creation and innovation within new compositions?  Tracing the history of sampling, Copyright Criminals examines this question through interviews with DJs, producers, legal experts and cultural critics.  Featuring interviews with: George Clinton; De La Soul; Aesop Rock; DJ Spooky; Public Enemy; Danger Mouse; Negativland; Saul Williams; RJD2; Sage Francis; EL-P, Beastie Boys, DJ Q-Bert; Shock G (Digital Underground); Mr Len; Pete Rock; Prefuse 73 and more.  

Check the trailer:

More information at the film's website: www.copyrightcriminals.com


WIUP FM will present a free and open-to-the-public screening of Copyright Criminals on Thursday, October 29th at 7pm in Beard Auditorium (Stouffer Hall).

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More money for Millionaires

The Senate committee looking at the Performance Rights Act is scheduled to work on and potentially pass the legislation today. As previously discussed, this legislation is poorly written (it is unclear if college stations will pay $500 or $1,000 annually) and will require new burdens on college stations in the form of recordkeeping and content restrictions.
If this is likely to have a negative effect on your station, you should take 2 minutes of your time to call the following numbers…

Amy Klobuchar - 202-224-3244

Herb Kohl - (202) 224-5653

Arlen Spector - 202-224-4254

For a little background, this act would place a new financial burden on all radio stations, including college and HS stations in the form of new fees, new recordkeeping requirements and content restrictions.

A sample script is below…

Hi, my name is --------------- and I am calling and asking you to oppose the Performance Rights Act. As written, the act will place new burdens on student operated Educational Stations in the form of new fees, require new recordkeeping requirements which these Educational Stations are not equipped to supply such data and the bill will place content restrictions on what these educational stations may air. Further, it is clear that most of the small independent and local artists that are broadcast on educational stations will never see a financial benefit from the fees imposed on these stations.

The labels and artists say this bill is about fairness, but it would place an unfair burden on Educational Stations and not compensate the artists. (If you are calling from a public school, you might want to also suggest that this amounts to a federal bailout for the foreign owned recording companies which will receive 50% of the revenues generated by this bill). I urge you to vote against this legislation in the committee. If you have questions, please contact College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) which represents Educational Stations at 713-348-2935. Their representatives are able to provide you with facts that are not being discussed in the debate concerning this matter.

Home Coming

It's that time of year again. Time to meet up with long lost (graduated) friends, catch a football game, maybe enjoy yourself alot. Whatever your plans, make sure you stop by the Jimmy Stweart museum and join WIUP-FM as they broadcast the parade, or later for the IUP Football game. Regardless, 90.1 will be broadcasting all day, so call in to get your requests (the dj's love requests!)

What are your plans?

We need Pictures!

Does anyone have any pictures of WIUP-FM. I'm looking for old photo's, or new. Pics from the booth, or out on remotes. Anything really. Send me anything you've got!