Difference between revisions of "Internet Radio Royalty Rates"

Revision as of 10:22, 22 March 2007

On Mar 2 2007 the United States Copyright Royalty Board 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

• RAIN Webcast Royalty Rate Decision Announced Mar 2 2007
• Wired U.S. Copyright Royalty Board Rejects Webcasters, Embraces SoundExchange Mar 4 2007
• Wired Royalty Hike Panics Webcasters Mar 6 2007
• ArsTechnica NPR fights back, seeks rehearing on Internet radio royalty increases Mar 20 2007

Links

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