Internet Radio Diversity
I don’t know where I would be without my SomaFM.com and all the other wonderfully different alternative online broadcasters. And if we wait a few weeks we won’t have to worry about that question as “Big Brother” wants to increase broadcasting fees by 1200 percent!!! But don’t just take my word for it:
On March 2, 2007 the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which oversees sound recording royalties paid by Internet radio services, increased Internet radio’s royalty burden between 300 and 1200 percent and thereby jeopardized the industry’s future.
At the request of the Recording Industry Association of America, the CRB ignored the fact that Internet radio royalties were already double what satellite radio pays, and multiplied the royalties even further. The 2005 royalty rate was 7/100 of a penny per song streamed; the 2010 rate will be 19/100 of a penny per song streamed. And for small webcasters that were able to calculate royalties as a percentage of revenue in 2005 – that option was quashed by the CRB, so small webcasters’ royalties will grow exponentially!…
To read more please click over to this site: www.savenetradio.org!
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