[LINK] Fwd: vip-l: Fwd: Article: Judges Reject Appeals From Webcasters

[Adam Todd]

So radio stations in Sydney pay a royalty for every radio tuned into 
the station?  Or do they pay a royalty only for the air play of the song?

Or is this a case of "You can count the listeners at any time so pay 
per listener"

My we are getting greedy these days.  People must be ready to 
...  Nah, won't way it.


You know, one solution to all of this is to have these broadcasters 
run around rapidly and get unsigned artists and the awesome music 
that is out there and play it and promote download sales.  I can see 
a WHOLE business stream being created and "Broadcasters" becoming 
"record companies" against the traditional record companies.

But that's just too smart an idea!

At 09:13 AM 19/04/2007, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>Looks like online radio listeners will be losing some tunes. (sorry 
>about the formatting, but I'm not going through line by line to fix 
>- came to me this way)
>
>Judges Reject Appeals From Webcasters
>Sites Can Tally Fees Per Listening Hours
>POSTED: 6:59 pm PDT April 16, 2007
>UPDATED: 6:59 pm PDT April 16, 2007
>LAS VEGAS  --
>Internet radio broadcasters were dealt a setback Monday when a panel of
>copyright
>judges threw out requests to reconsider a ruling that hiked the royalties
>they must
>pay to record companies and artists.
>A broad group of public and private broadcasters, including radio stations,
>small
>startup companies, National Public Radio and major online sites like Yahoo
>Inc. and
>Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, had objected to the new royalties set March 2,
>saying they
>would force a drastic cutback in services that are now enjoyed by some 50
>million
>people.
>In the latest ruling, the Copyright Royalty Board judges denied all motions
>for rehearing
>and also declined to postpone a May 15 deadline by which the new royalties
>will have
>to be collected.
>However, they did grant leniency on one point, allowing the webcasters to
>calculate
>fees by average listening hours, as they had been, as opposed to the new
>system of
>charging a royalty each time every song is heard by an online listener.