SoundExchange has announced that it had reached agreement with several large webcasters on SoundExchange‚Äôs proposed cap on the minimum fees charged for playing traditionally-licensed sound recordings on Internet Radio.¬† Recently-enacted regulations by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) require each webcasting service to pay a $500 minimum fee “per station or channel”, regardless of the overall [...]

Music industry group SoundExchange said Tuesday that small Internet radio broadcasters could pay royalty rates from 10-12% to stream traditionally-licensed music online through 2010. Qualified Webcasters ‚Äî those earning $1.25 million or less in annual revenue ‚Äî have until Sept. 14 to accept SoundExchange’s offer. The agreement covers streaming recordings of SoundExchange members. SoundExchange represents [...]

It looks like the high-profile negotiations between the music industry and commercial Internet broadcasters over royalty rates for netcasting traditionally licensed music is moving from the court system to the backroom. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied motions to stay any aspect of the ruling by the Copyright Royalty Judges [...]

Thousands of U.S. commercial webcasters went silent this Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten the viability of stations that broadcast mainstream music. Unfortunately for the broadcasters, it looks like the day of silence fell on deaf ears. Tuesday’s Day of Silence was observed by Yahoo!, Live365, [...]