{"id":2495,"date":"2007-06-08T07:26:34","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T13:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2013-06-11T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:31:32","slug":"internet-radio-providers-could-pay-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/internet-radio-providers-could-pay-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet radio providers could pay millions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As hopefully you’ve noticed, on the banner at the top of my blog, we’re still waiting\/hoping and fighting for our rights to broadcast music on OrangeNoiseRadio<\/a>. New rules could force Webcasters to pay higher royalty fees and additional administration fees – fees that are much greater than those paid by satellite and terrestrial radio counterparts.
\nRealNetworks, Yahoo, Pandora and our hosting company, Live365<\/a> have told Congress that the new administration fees could cost $1 billion a year. That’s a lot of money going to waste if you ask me.
\nFrom CNet:<\/p>\n

\nHere’s how they say they derived that figure: When the CRB decided earlier this year to change the rules for Internet broadcasters, it also decided to levy a $500 minimum annual fee per Internet radio “channel.” SoundExchange, the non-profit music industry entity that collects the royalty and other fees on behalf of record labels, says that minimum payment is supposed to cover administrative costs.
\nBut since some of the larger Internet radio services potentially offer their listeners hundreds of thousands of unique “channels” (RealNetworks’ Rhapsody offered more than 400,000 in 2006 alone, according to a company spokesman), the companies view the ruling as forcing them to multiply that mandatory minimum payment accordingly (for Real, that would amount to $200 million).
\nSuch an amount would far outpace the $20 million in total royalty fees collected by SoundExchange from the Internet radio industry last year, the CEOs note in their letter. And besides, it’s not even clear that those payments would go to artists, as royalty payments do, the companies argue. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So we have until July 15 to hopefully save Net Radio.
\nWhat can you do?
\nVisit SaveNetRadio.org<\/span> to get informed and to send letters and\/or call your congressional leaders and get them to back and co-sponsor The Internet Radio Equality Act, H.R. 2060, and S. 1353.
\nIf you’re in the Waxahachie area, Joe Barton<\/strong> is your representative. You can call his Washington office at: (202) 225-2002 or send an email via his website: http:\/\/joebarton.house.gov<\/a>.
\nAlso, anywhere in Texas, our U.S. Senators are Kay Bailey Hutchison<\/strong><\/span> and John Cornyn<\/strong>.
\nCall Kay Bailey at: (202) 224-5922 or contact her via her website: http:\/\/www.hutchison.senate.gov<\/span>.
\nCall John Cornyn<\/a> at: (202) 224-2934 or via his website at: http:\/\/cornyn.senate.gov<\/A>.
\nYour help is greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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