Albany Times Union, June 26, 2007
By Chris Churchill

Radio stations and music broadcasters are warning that a plan to sharply increase the royalties paid for online broadcasts could silence much of Internet radio.

The new rates, set to go into effect July 15, were approved in March by the Copyright Royalty Board and would force online stations to pay music-performance fees that regular radio stations have never paid.

Read the whole story here

This article is copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.