Webcasters, music industry wrestle over royalty hike
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Stung by the backlash against increased royalties charged to Internet broadcasters, the music industry this week offered to give small online broadcasters a break. But the plan has been dismissed by the broadcasters, who favor legislation in Congress that would reduce Internet music royalties.
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A rift appeared within Canada&#39;s music industry yesterday as prominent artists called on the CRTC to embrace satellite radio and the industry warned of lost revenue and job losses.
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Large and small U.S. webcasters turned off the music today to protest planned royalty rate increases that small Net Radio station owners say could put them out of business.
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Sharp rises in royalty fees could be "fatal" to the nascent web radio industry,  broadcasters warn.
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Sunday was the deadline for Internet radio stations to pay higher fees set by a federal agency, but the debate over when and how much they will pay has not been decided.
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A Los Angeles Times story published yesterday revealed that the new Copyright Alliance, made up of content and recording industry leaders and supported by Rep. Howard Berman (D - Calif.), has as its key mission the establishment of a system of rates which both terrestrial and Internet-based radio stations would pay as performance royalties.
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As new digital-distribution plans gain traction, an inevitable fight over publishing royalties breaks out. If songwriters lose, your ears will suffer. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Three days and counting... The Internet radio death watch continues. Late yesterday, a federal appeals court denied an emergency stay petition from webcasters, refusing to delay the arrival of massive royalty hikes that threaten to bring down online radio as we know it. The new royalty rates - which could mean a 300 per cent payment increase for large stations, 1200 per cent for smaller broadcasters - are due to kick in this Sunday.â¦
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Chris Gorog is convinced people won&#39;t continue to pay $1 a song for online music. By Evan Agostini, Getty Images. That is despite Apple&#39;s (AAPL) record string
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update The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced Monday that it has reached a $1.7 billion deal with the Radio Music License Committee to let stations legally stream their on-air content over the Internet.
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Internet radio royalties are a growing source of income that are just beginning to have an impact on artists and record companies.
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Music-industry providers are negotiating a flat rate with webcasters because their current royalty plan would bankrupt most of them.
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Stations battle royalty hike On Tuesday, more than 10,000 U.S. web radio broadcasters will participate in a nationwide "day of silence", canceling their usual programming in protest of an impending royalty hike that threatens to put most of them out of business.â¦
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On Tuesday, thousands of U.S. webcasters are expected to go silent to protest a planned royalty rate increase.
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The radio industry has agreed to pay &#36;1.7 billion over six years to a group that doles out royalties to songwriters under an agreement in which stations will now pay a set fee for music, rather than a percentage of yearly revenue.
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Blog: Barring a last-minute industry compromise on changes, new royalty rates that Internet radio operators argue could cripple their services are slated to kick in Sunday.
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Laguna Hills, California-based music portal Rock.com is compelled to  issue this release to demonstrate how inconsistent the recent CRB  Internet performance royalty increase is with Rock.com's ability to  actually pay royalties based on the new scheme.