Reprieve on Royalty Increase Being Pursued for Internet Radio
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Amid an outcry from online listeners and Congress, the recording industry indicated in may show new leniency on royalties for Internet radio.
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Don&#39;t expect to tune in to your  favorite Web radio station Tuesday. Odds are it&#39;s off the air.
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Blog: National Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting say they expect no disruptions in their music streams thanks to a temporary agreement with the music industry over elevated fees set to kick in Sunday.
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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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The group that collects royalties from Internet radio stations offering small radio broadcasters more time before they would have to pay newly approved higher royalty rates to stream music online. But the SaveNetRadio organization would have none of it.
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Sunday, July 15, was supposed to be the day that Internet music died: A new fee schedule was set to go into effect, including a $500 &quot;per channel&quot; minimum fee. Because many of the most popular audio-streaming sites, such as Pandora and 365Live, allow users to create their own specialized channels of music built around specific artists or songs, they were facing the prospect of paying the minimum per channel fee on tens or even hundreds of thousands of channels.
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A music industry group Thursday said it would cap "per channel" fees for major Internet radio companies streaming music on multiple channels.
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Cap offer comes with anti-piracy strings Internet radio broadcasters have claimed that a last-minute record company deal offered to them is a ruse to force them to use digital rights management (DRM) technology.â¦
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NEW YORK  &#151; 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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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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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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Demands for higher royalty payments by a US copyright body could shut down net radio stations, they warn.
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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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Sharp rises in royalty fees could be "fatal" to the nascent web radio industry,  broadcasters warn.
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Internet radio webcasters are hoping a Senate hearing today will renew legislators' interest in their negotiations with the recording industry over royalty fees.
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Internet music broadcasters will have to start paying sharply higher royalties next week, after a federal appeals court yesterday refused to halt the royalty increase.
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Blog: Some Webcasters say they're encouraged by recent offers by the record industry group charged with collecting higher fees--including a potential reprieve for some smaller online DJs.--but nothing's set in stone yet.