Copyright board leaves royalty rate unchanged

The federal Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday left the royalty that songwriters receive on sales of CDs and digital downloads at 9.1 cents per song for the next five years.

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Members of Congress, already bruised by the struggles over the health care overhaul, had better get ready for another bitter fight, this time over the future of the music business.

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There is still a chance the two sides can come to terms. Talks are ongoing. But as it stands, time is quickly running out and nothing has occurred to indicate a breakthrough is near, according to sources on both sides.

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Today, July 16, is the day Internet radio providers and consumers had been dreading: the day that the new Internet radio royalty rates were supposed to take effect.

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The music industry won't impose higher royalty rates on Webcasters—yet. Stay tuned, though. Web radio will keep playing, rather than play dead, come July 15.

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At today's Congressional hearing about the new rates for online radio that would essentially destroy it (as readers of this blog already know), SoundExchange, which was scheduled to receive the new royalty payments on Monday morning (since the enforcement date falls on a Sunday) …

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Today is June 26, and that means that it's the Internet radio Day of Silence.

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In response to a impending royalty rate increase that, if implemented, would lead to the virtual shutdown of Internet radio in the U.S., thousands of webcasters plan to go silent next Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to their industry's plight. One of my local College station …

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If you depend on the sounds of Internet radio to get you through your workday, don't be surprised if your headphones pipe out little more than dead air next Tuesday.

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A bill introduced in the Senate would void a proposal by a copyright royalty board to raise the fees Internet based radio stations pay by 300 to 1200 percent. The bill is applauded by grassroot media organizations.

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Internet radio will remain safe and sound, at least through July of this year, on account of a new decision by the US Copyright Royalty Board.

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The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC has more than tripled the royalty rates for webcasters and left unchanged they will kill Internet radio.

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After a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) to increase the royalty rates paid to musicians and record labels for streaming songs online, Internet radio webcasters find themselves fighting for their very existence.

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Just to be clear, protecting the music industry's copyrights is correct and proper. However, we think there are some problematic issues in how the RIAA is choosing to enforce those copyrights.

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A panel of judges at the Copyright Royalty Board has denied a request from the NPR and a number of other webcasters to reconsider a March ruling that would force Internet radio services to pay crippling royalties.

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Internet music broadcasters worry that a new ruling could put many of them out of business by drastically increasing the royalty payments they have to make to record labels and artists.

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