[IP] Internet Radio Shutdown averted?]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject: Internet Radio Shutdown averted?
From:    "Dan Lynch" <dan@lynch.com>
Date:    Sun, July 15, 2007 1:29 am
To:      "Dave Farber" <dave@farber.net>
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From Salon:

On Thursday, the House Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Edward Markey, a
Massachusetts Democrat, convened an emergency round-table meeting between
both sides in the royalty dispute. At the meeting, SoundExchange agreed to
cap the $500-per-channel fee that had threatened to wipe out Pandora and
other stations that let people tailor radio channels to their taste.
Westergren says the cap "was a precursor to any kind of negotiation, because
that fee was so absurd. It was like a billion dollars for us and other large
webcasters put together every year." Now, stations like Pandora will pay
$500 for each radio channel they send out, with a maximum of $50,000.

More at  http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/07/13/internet_radio/

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Title: Internet Radio Shutdown averted?

From Salon:

On Thursday, the House Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, convened an emergency round-table meeting between both sides in the royalty dispute. At the meeting, SoundExchange agreed to cap the $500-per-channel fee that had threatened to wipe out Pandora and other stations that let people tailor radio channels to their taste. Westergren says the cap "was a precursor to any kind of negotiation, because that fee was so absurd. It was like a billion dollars for us and other large webcasters put together every year." Now, stations like Pandora will pay $500 for each radio channel they send out, with a maximum of $50,000.

More at  http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/07/13/internet_radio/

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