Thursday, April 19, 2007

Internet Radio Dealt Potentially Fatal Blow


The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) delivered a severe blow to Internet Save 15% on Your Next Domain Purchase. Click Here. radio operators Monday when it upheld its earlier decision regarding royalty rates that must be paid to artists for music played online.

The result is -- unless Congress intervenes -- royalty rates webcasters must pay will increase on May 15 between 300 and 1,200 percent, retroactive to January 2006. As a result, "the very large majority of Internet radio stations will go bankrupt," Jonathan Potter, executive director of the Digital Media Association (DiMA), told TechNewsWorld.


Source: technewsworld.com
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