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SAVE INTERNET RADIO
March 6, 2007
taken from www.littleradio.com, the home of godsgirlsradio.
The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board has endorsed a proposal by SoundExchange to enact royalty rates for webcasts and streaming music sites that will stay in effect from 2006 until 2010. SoundExchange, the royalty collecting division of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), wants to charge webcasters for streaming content delivered throughout last year and up to 2010. This requires internet radio to pay retroactive fees as well!
The new rates will increase yearly according to these figures. What’s even more disgusting is that these royalties DO NOT go to the artists who actually made the music, or any of their related licensing fees:
2006: $0.0008 to stream one song to one listener
2007: $.0011
2008: $.0014
2009: $.0018
2010: $.0019
So what can we do about this? Write your local congressperson and go to www.savenetradio.org to find out how to help.
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