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* Mar 22 2007: Consumer Affairs [http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/crb_internet_radio.html Feds Agree To Rethink Internet Radio Royalties]
 
* Mar 22 2007: Consumer Affairs [http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/crb_internet_radio.html Feds Agree To Rethink Internet Radio Royalties]
 
* Apr 1 2007: David Byrne [http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2007/04/4107_your_gover.html 4.1.07:Your Government Working for You]
 
* Apr 1 2007: David Byrne [http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2007/04/4107_your_gover.html 4.1.07:Your Government Working for You]
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* April 27, 2007: [http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3674621 Bill Could Keep Internet Radio on The Air]
  
 
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Revision as of 11:53, 28 April 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.


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