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- Internet Radio agreement: Good enough for now
- Internet Radio agreement: Good enough for nowBrinksmanshipThis kind of brinksmanship over copyrights is so outrageous. Sure, SoundExchange asked for the moon and they got it from the government. So they're not exactly a free market organization from the looks of it. And they're not interested in allowing...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Internet Radio agreement: Good enough for now
- Hollywood and Silicon Valley have reached an agreement on Internet radio - an experimental payment structure that is far from perfect but much better than the alternative rate system that threatened to put Web-based streaming sites out of business. The agreement creates a tiered-system for the radio...
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeArticle CorrectionMr. Berman is a Democrat, not a Republican.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeFixed. thanks.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeLovely. So the RIAA prop up successfully bought a judgment that...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Webcasters dubious about SoundExchange offer
- After months of negotiations with SoundExchange, the record industry's royalty-collection agency, small Net radio stations say the group's compromise offer is unacceptable, AP reports.Under the latest proposal, small webcasters with earnings of less than $1.25 million a year could pay a cut of annual revenue in royalties, rather than the...
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- Net radio saved from the axe - maybe
- Taking the conflict all the way to the 11th hours and then some, SoundExchange, the broadcasting royalty collection arm of the recording industry, and Internet radio stations have agreed to a certain, limited repreive from what may stations considered a Draconian new rate structure, Wired reports.Under the new proposal, which...
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
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- Should radio have to pay royalties? Pandora, labels say yes
- For 80 years, radio has not had to pay for the privilege of playing records over the air. In legal terms, it has not had to pay royalties for the "performance right." Stations still have to pay composer royalties to ASCAP. Web radio, satellite and all...
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Pandora saved from the hangman's noose
- Back in May I suggested that Apple acquire Pandora with some of its $29 billion warchest in order to save it from certain death. Well, it appears that Pandora and all other Internet music streaming services for that matter got the call from the governor that...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- SoundExchange, webcasters settle at last
- Let the music play. Finally, after two a half years, we have an agreement on webcasting royalties that doesn't doom sites like Pandora to the ashheap. The LA Times reports that SoundExchange and webcasters have agreed to a structure that doesn't require a per-song royalty payment....
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- High drama and low points in RIAA trial
- High drama and low points in RIAA trialRichard, can you shed some light on a couple things.I don't know all the details of this trial so I'll talk in general terms about downloading files from a P2P or other source.Ask anyone in this forum and they will tell you I...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Copyright Board's ringtone decision shows failure of the system
- The Copyright Royalty Board's decision last week to keep composer royalties for downloads at 9.1 cents per song keeps Apple's iTunes store online (OK, the idea that Apple would shut down the key leg of its iPod empire was just corporate posturing) but the Board also set a...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Apple wins royalty rate showdown
- Guess Apple won't have to shut down iTunes after all. Apple had warned that if the royalty rate for music downloads increased, iTunes would become unprofitable and they might pull the plug. But the Copyright Royalty Board handed Steve Jobs, as well as...
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!
- The Senate passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, described here. The bill goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. "I'm relieved, optimistic, and grateful to our listeners," said Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora. (News.com) Even the RIAA was...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 passes; Pandora to continue royalty negotiations
- On Friday night Tim Westergren and his dedicated Pandora team worked overnight to rev up listeners once again to get on the phone with their local Congressional representatives and fight in favor of the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (HR 7084). Once the House voted in favor of the bill...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today
- The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now
- When I spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren last week he told me that there would be a time when the Internet radio site would need to issue a call to arms to its listeners -- that time is now. Westergren sent a pleading message to his...
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
- I've been loving the Pandora app on my touch so news that Pandora is about ready to "pull the plug," is a heart-breaker. And yup, the Post reports, it's because of the draconian burden on webcasting royalties sought by SoundExchange and approved by the Copyright Royalty Board....
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio bill
- Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio billToo badI hope their efforts fail to get this bill passed. The government should not be in the music business. If webcasters want to play someone's music, they should have to obtain permission from the people who own the music. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- FAQ: Net radio's mixed signals
- FAQ: Net radio's mixed signalsUsed to be per hour?According to http://www.soundexchange.com/licensee/licensee_cws.html, the fee used to be 0.76 cents per *hour* per listener, although per performance was an option. Per hour seems much cheaper. Did I miss something?A question:The only radio station I listen to,exclusively via the net, is...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-13
- 'Day of Silence' for Internet radio
- Gandhi would be proud of what probably is the Internet's first passive resistance protest--the "Day of Silence" coming to Internet radio on June 26. As a response to a court ruling that imposes huge increases on the royalty rates Internet radio operators must pay - which are applied retroactively, no...
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
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