TAKING IT TO THE NET

Sixty-six American orchestras make a net deal. “Under the tentative agreement announced Tuesday, orchestras would make two kinds of performances available on the Internet: live and unrecordable streaming audio or prerecorded music to be downloaded. It would be up to a local committee of musicians and managers from each orchestra to decide what concerts to put online and whether to make them available as live webcasts or as online recordings that listeners can download.” – MSNBC (AP)