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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=772
Broadcasters, RIAA to appeal Net radio ruling
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
August 8th 2002
No one is happy with a June decision by the US Copyright Office and the Librarian of
Congress on the rates webcasters are to be charged per song
According to a story by IDG News Service, both sides of the dispute over the rates
Internet broadcasters will be expected to pay have said they will appeal the June 20
decision handed down by the US Copyright Office and the Librarian of Congress.
The ruling by the Copyright Office has set royalty rates for music broadcast over the
Internet at $0.70 per song, per 1,000 listeners (i.e. $0.70 x 10 songs per hour x 24
hours x 365 = $61,320). At this level, only a handful of the stations currently on the
air will still be in business after September when the rates are slated to be enforced.
Internet broadcasters already pay the same fees that traditional radio stations pay.
The crux of the matter lies with the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), which is
the basis for forcing Internet broadcasters pay royalty fees twice.
The The Digital Media Association (DiMA), which is one of several groups contesting
DMCA provisions in court that represents the interests of many Internet broadcasters,
is still trying to conjole an intransigent RIAA to return to the negotiating table.
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