Webcasters

The Webcasters, music labels and artists have been arguing for almost two years over a March 2007 ruling by the federal Copyright Royalty Board that increased the amount of money that online stations have to pay for each song they stream.

Deal Creates Largest Ad Network for Internet Radio - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

The Webcasters, music labels and artists have been arguing for almost two years over a March 2007 ruling by the federal Copyright Royalty Board that increased the amount of money that online stations have to pay for each song they stream.

Deal Creates Largest Ad Network for Internet Radio - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Stations would pay, at most, 1 percent of their annual revenue, and those rates could no longer be ratcheted upwards by the same panel that tried to mug Webcasters.

Radio royalties fix: Require FM radios in phones? 2010

Webcasters say they will be forced out of business if the current rates do not change.

Deal Creates Largest Ad Network for Internet Radio - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Webcasters say they will be forced out of business if the current rates do not change.

Deal Creates Largest Ad Network for Internet Radio - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Another is Internet radio, where the decision of the board last year set the rate paid to the performers (not the publishers) so high that many Webcasters say their business is not viable.

Government Price Fixing Won’t Fix Music Business - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Instead, they only pay "mechanical royalties" to songwriters, the same ones that Webcasters and other non-radio broadcasters also pay on top of performance royalties.

Radio royalties fix: Require FM radios in phones? 2010

A flawed political process resulted in a panel of judges setting punitively high rates that would have put many Webcasters out of business, and even the more reasonable rates negotiated last year are substantially higher than those that the XM Sirius satellite-radio firm owes, and infinitely higher than those that AM and FM stations pay.

Radio royalties fix: Require FM radios in phones? 2010

Another is Internet radio, where the decision of the board last year set the rate paid to the performers (not the publishers) so high that many Webcasters say their business is not viable.

Government Price Fixing Won’t Fix Music Business - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Webcasters responded vigorously, claiming that the fees would, in many cases, exceed their entire revenue.

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