Entertainment Industry Conspiracy

Entertainment Industry Conspiracy

Buena Vista Mall has been injured by the music industry for years because of their antitrust violations. The music industry has been conspiring to fix the price of radio air time and there is arguably a conspiracy to exclude and foreclose access to the market.

A few facts about Buena Vista Mall; We started BuenaVistaMall.com in 1999. Since then we have sent several hundred emails, with our song links, to radio stations across the country. We focused on getting air play from radio stations because we thought that was the key to success in the music business. We did not get any air play, rarely got responses. We sent cd demos to the radio conglomerate corporate headquarters and dozens of radio stations. Despite people telling us our music was good we never got any air play.

The radio conglomerates and major labels have engaged in or otherwise demonstrated repeated or persistent fraudulent or illegal acts against our company in the transaction of business. We have been in the music market attempting to get radio air play for many years. It doesn't matter what these dishonest conglomerates and labels argue they have been monopolizing and corrupting our market for years.... we believe they have been committing these antitrust violations for decades.

"ABC News has revealed that the FCC is now investigating hundreds of radio stations around the country as part of the scandal. FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein told ABC News, "The FCC staff is working with voluminous evidence right now. It's a complicated and wide-ranging investigation." He added, "This is potentially the most widespread and flagrant violation of FCC rules in the history of American broadcasting. We've never seen evidence of such a systematic betrayal of the responsibility of broadcasters."

These 9 Radio Conglomerates Received Subpoenas from former NY AG Eliot Spitzer

Clear Channel Communications Inc., CBS Radio, Citadel Broadcasting Corp., Cox Radio Inc., Cumulus Broadcasting Inc., Pamal Broadcasting Ltd., Entercom Communications Corp., Emmis Communications Corp. and ABC Inc.

Clear Channel, CBS, Entercom and Citadel have made a settlement with the FCC.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/ 03/06/news/payola.php

The Major Recording Labels

Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group Corp., EMI Group.

All of them have settled with AG Spitzer regarding payola.

http://www.oag.state.n y.us/media_center/2006/dec/dec27b_06.html

http://www.oag.state.ny .us/media_center/2006/oct/oct19a_06.html

http://www.oag.state.ny .us/media_center/2006/jun/jun15a_06.html

http://www.oag.state. ny.us/media_center/2006/may/may11a_06.html

http://www.oag.state. ny.us/media_center/2006/mar/mar08a_06.html

http://www.oag.state.n y.us/media_center/2005/nov/nov22a_05.html

http://www.oag.state.ny. us/media_center/2005/jul/jul25a_05.html

Following is AG Spitzer's Entercom complaint;

http://BuenaVistaMall.com/Entercom.pdf

Following is link to ruling of similar complaint based on Spitzer's settlement with Sony;

http://BuenaVistaMall.com/PayolaCase.pdf

Recent Future of Music Coalition Articles;

http://www.futureof music.org/news/PRlocalismreplycomments08.cfm

http://www.futureofmus ic.org/research/payolaeducationguide.cfm

Statement of Damages Caused by Clear Channel Communications Inc. et al.

We started BuenaVistaMall.com in 1999 and since that time we tried on many occasions to get Clear Channel and it's radio stations to play any of our songs. We sent cd's and/or email with my music links to their corporate office and their radio stations. In 6 years they have never put any of our songs on the air. We have been damaged in that Clear Channel was selling it's valuable air time to the highest bidder without disclosure to us or their other listeners. They have created a black market to keep small labels like us off the airwaves by systematically taking bribes from the major labels and exclusively promoting their artists to the exclusion of independent labels. We have been damaged by their anticompetitive business activities.

We have been damaged because Clear Channel deceived and manipulated the music charts and trade agencies / publications like Billboard or Radio & Records. They knowingly gave the trade publications fraudulent information upon which we sometimes based decisions and directions in running our business. They have committed antitrust violations against our company, corrupted music markets and interfered with our companies' potential business profits.

We have been defrauded and damaged listening to Clear Channel's radio stations, viewing their radio station Internet sites and believing their facade that the music played was chosen based on merit and popularity. They did not disclose that the air time of the songs had been bought. Again our company was deceived by Clear Channel in the songs / information which they were broadcasting of the market. Clear Channel has engaged in or otherwise demonstrated repeated or persistent fraudulent or illegal acts against our company in the transaction of business.