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On Mar 2 2007 the United States Copyright Royalty Board (image to the right) announced new royalty rates for webcasts, effective from 2006 to 2010.
  
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==The New Rates==
  
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In the old, percentage-based fee system, webcasters paid SoundExchange -- the Recording Industry Association of America-associated organization that pushed the Copyright Royalty Board to adopt the new rates -- between 6 percent and 12 percent of their revenue, depending on audience reach. The new system charges all webcasters a flat fee per song per listener;
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::2006 $.0008 per performance
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::2007 $.0011 per performance
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::2008 $.0014 per performance
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::2009 $.0018 per performance
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::2010 $.0019 per performance
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::A "performance" is defined as the streaming of one song to one listener;
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::The minimum fee is $500 per channel per year.
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::For noncommercial webcasters, the fee will be $500 per channel, for up to 159,140 ATH (aggregate tuning hours) per month.
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==Articles==
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* RAIN [http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/030207/index.shtml Webcast Royalty Rate Decision Announced] Mar 2 2007
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* Wired [http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/us_copyright_ro.html U.S. Copyright Royalty Board Rejects Webcasters, Embraces SoundExchange] Mar 4 2007
 
* Wired [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/music/0,72879-0.html Royalty Hike Panics Webcasters] Mar 6 2007
 
* Wired [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/music/0,72879-0.html Royalty Hike Panics Webcasters] Mar 6 2007

Revision as of 09:46, 22 March 2007

On Mar 2 2007 the United States Copyright Royalty Board (image to the right) announced new royalty rates for webcasts, effective from 2006 to 2010.

The New Rates

In the old, percentage-based fee system, webcasters paid SoundExchange -- the Recording Industry Association of America-associated organization that pushed the Copyright Royalty Board to adopt the new rates -- between 6 percent and 12 percent of their revenue, depending on audience reach. The new system charges all webcasters a flat fee per song per listener;

2006 $.0008 per performance
2007 $.0011 per performance
2008 $.0014 per performance
2009 $.0018 per performance
2010 $.0019 per performance
A "performance" is defined as the streaming of one song to one listener;
The minimum fee is $500 per channel per year.
For noncommercial webcasters, the fee will be $500 per channel, for up to 159,140 ATH (aggregate tuning hours) per month.


Articles