Internet Radio Royalty Rates
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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.
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
Links
- Copyright Royalty Board homepage
- Wikipedia Copyright Royalty Board
- Wikipedia Internet Radio
