[Seattle-editorial] (No Subject)

[anarch3m]

Is any one entertaining the issues, the request ???

walt
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date:  	Fri, 9 Jan 2004 01:10:56 -0500
From:  	Arc <arc at indymedia.org> 
Subject:  	[IMC-Audio] Re: Adding site to liveradio.indymedia.org
To:  	evan <evan at protest.net>
Cc:  	imc-seattle at lists.indymedia.org

You know my policy; leave the editorial up to the local IMC.  In this 
case it's less an editorial decidion than a "do we let them know" 
situation, but I still think it should be up to the audio crew at 
IMC-Seattle.  

There may also be technical issues here too; liveradio.indy can only 
(currently) handle ypdir posts from Icecast2 servers.  Shoutcast, 
Icecast1, or any other software won't work due to incompatability with 
Icecast2 YP protocol and the general unpublished nature of their 
protocol.  I don't know what software they're using (I haven't looked) 
but it may not be Icecast2, in which case listing them would mean having 
to relay them on one of our servers.  We certainly have the bandwidth, 
but again, deferred to IMC-Seattle.

Another issue is that once the information is given out to someone it'd 
be much more difficult to reverse the decidion.  There's currently no 
form of authentication needed, they just need Icecast2 and the right URL 
to publish.  Anyone with access to any current IMC servers could easily 
copy this config information and use it anywhere, but that hasn't 
happened yet.  To date it's been a very handy little interface for 
anyone to find which IMC streams are currently available, current as of 
3 minutes or so from the time they click on it, and completely automated.

In any case this isn't a technical decidion but an editorial one, and 
IMC-Audio has given editorial control to local IMCs, so once again the 
decidion goes to IMC-Seattle's audio crew to come to consensus on.  Let 
me (or any audio tech) know and we'll go from there.

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 11:58:25PM -0500, evan wrote:
> 
> >From: Walter Bundtcake <seattleradicalradio at yahoo.com>
> >Date: Wed Jan 7, 2004  23:27:08 US/Eastern
> >To: imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org
> >Subject: [IMC-Tech] IndyMedia.org front page
> >
> >
> >
> >RADICAL RADIO
> >
> >RadicalRadio.org
> >
> >?
> >
> >Hello;?
> >
> >I am part of a collective that operates Radical Radio.? We were 
> >wondering if we could get listed on your "Live IMC Coverage" page for 
> >Web stations doing current IMC related radio.? The link on the 
> >Indymedia.org frontpage is "Go to Liveradio.indymedia.org"? This 
> >brings up a page that only has two links, one of them Enemy Combatant 
> >Radio, and we'd make a great 3rd.? We play lots of files we get from 
> >the IMC with a program that stays current.?
> >
> >?
> >
> >Below is a short description of who we are.
> >
> >?
> >
> >Radical Radio is a web-based audio news service now in operation 
> >featuring alternative news, information and commentary. It is a 10 -15 
> >hour program that changes completely once a week and is updated with 
> >current news programs every 2-3 days. It is available at 
> >radicalradio.org We have been in operation since April of this year 
> >and have now refined the presentation to the degree that we feel proud 
> >to announce its availability. It is free and requires only a Winamp 
> >player (also free) and a computer with at least a dial-up modem 
> >connection to the internet It is non-commercial and no-profit.?
> >
> >?
> >
> >Please consider including us on your listing,
> >
> >?
> >
> >
> >
> >Walter Bundtcake
> >Communications Director
> >RadicalRadio.org
> >?
> >
> >
> >


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