Royalties threaten internet radio
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Demands for higher royalty payments by a US copyright body could shut down net radio stations, they warn.
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DENVER (Billboard) - Don't expect to tune in to your favorite Web radio station Tuesday. Odds are it's off the air.
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Thousands of U.S. Internet radio  stations held a &quot;Day of Silence&quot; on Tuesday to protest an  increase in performance royalties paid to musicians and record  companies that they warn could kill the fledgling industry.
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Calling the imposition of tremendously increased royalty fees on music webcasters "arbitrary and capricious," a group of organizations and companies with streaming radio interests, including the Digital Music Association, AccuRadio, and National Public Radio, filed a petition for an emergency stay before the US Court of Appeals in D.C., of the order imposing new performance royalty fees on online streaming music providers.
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Using power lines for the net could disrupt a new digital radio system, a broadcasting conference hears.
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High-stakes patent royalties battle enters another round.
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Small webcasters are crying foul  over new royalty rates they must pay for streaming recordings.
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Hundreds of US net radio stations face potential closure from Monday when a new royalty fee begins.
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For do-it-yourself Internet disc jockeys, the prospects for staying on the air may be up in the air.
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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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Blog: Barring a last-minute industry compromise, new royalty rates--which Internet radio operators argue could cripple their services--are slated to kick in Sunday.
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In the world of online radio, a fraction of a penny can make a difference.
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Tentatively. Temporarily There's been a stay of execution after all. Just hours after a federal appeals court rejected efforts to postpone the arrival of new royalty rates threatening to bring down internet radio, webcasters reached a tentative agreement with the recording industry that will keep them online - at least temporarily.â¦
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A Washington copyright panel that more than doubled fees U.S. Internet radio stations must pay for music is being called the industry's possible executioner.
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Blog: New fees don't appear to have stopped many Webcasters from silencing their streams yet, but they're still counting on a formal compromise with the music industry.
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National Public Radio is teaming up with online radio broadcasters to appeal new music royalties that they say would put smaller operators out of business and force others to sharply scale back their online music offerings.
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Listening to radio over the Internet is easier than ever, as high-speed connections have proliferated and online offerings become more sophisticated. Now the legal aspects may be falling into place too.