Internet radio dealt severe blow as Copyright Board rejects appeal

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. The panel's ruling reaffirmed the original CRB decision in every respect, with the exception of how the royalties will be calculated. Instead of charging a royalty for each time a song is heard by a listener online, Internet broadcasters will be ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 18, 2007 - 9:01 AM PDT
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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

I hope this is incorrect...like so much of the extremist GOP...FCC etc I have no thing to go on...only Eric Bangeman .......I don't use internet radio much.....just an other very sad story

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