PBS News Hour Extra, May 21, 2007
By Adnaan Wasey

Radio listeners rarely pay for music. That burden is usually placed on stations or, in the case of online music, Webcasters such as Live365, National Public Radio, Pandora Internet Radio and AOL Music.

Webcasters pay royalties, as a percentage of their earnings, to collection companies, which then split the royalties between the music industry and musicians.

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