Difference between revisions of "Internet Radio Royalty Rates"

Revision as of 16:17, 23 March 2007

Introduction

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

National Public Radio (NPR) has filed a motion for rehearing, calling into question many of the decision's technical details which NPR and others argue will severely harm Internet radio.

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

• Mar 2 2007: RAIN Webcast Royalty Rate Decision Announced
• Mar 4 2007: Wired U.S. Copyright Royalty Board Rejects Webcasters, Embraces SoundExchange
• Mar 8 2007: BBC Royalties threaten internet radio
• Mar 6 2007: Wired Royalty Hike Panics Webcasters
• Mar 20 2007: ArsTechnica NPR fights back, seeks rehearing on Internet radio royalty increases
• Mar 20 2007: Idolator The IdoLawyer Attempts To Make This Internet-Radio Royalty Matter As Sexy As Possible

Interviews

• Mar 20 2007: Royalty Week Brian Zisk interviews John Simson

Links

• Copyright Royalty Board homepage
• Wikipedia Copyright Royalty Board
• Wikipedia Internet Radio
• Live365 Choice