Latest SoundExchange Royalties Offer Suggests Possible Compromise
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Perhaps in anticipation of the passage of federal legislation capping the amount of performance royalties collectable from Internet and other digital audio broadcasters at 7.5% of annual revenue, the SoundExchange performance rights organization has reportedly offered one segment of that group - cable radio broadcasters - an annual royalty rate not exceeding that same amount.
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While Congress continues to back-burner the debate over whether it's fair for streaming radio services to be charged as much as ten times their revenue in performance royalties, the US Copyright Royalty Board last week met for a roundtable discussion about whether yet another class of royalties that are already part of copyright law, should apply to Internet radio as well.
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In a public show of disappointment, National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO David Rehr wrote an open letter to SoundExchange Executive Director John Simson last Monday, indicating that SoundExchange had rejected its compromise royalties offer for radio stations with Internet streaming operations.
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