It appears that a noteworthy royalty deal has been reached; I learned of it
through a RAIN's news flash:

http://textpattern.kurthanson.com/articles/719/rain-77-soundexchange-and-pure-pl\
ay-webcasters-reach-royalty-agreement

Head to your favorite search engine and you'll find multiple reports on this
breaking story! For example, here's another perspective:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10281396-93.html

Harold
former Net radio broadcaster