Anyone following royalty rate/copyright issues for Internet radio broadcasters
(webcasters) may wish to read the following article:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-02-10-webcast-rates-set_x.htm

For those of you who don't want to read the article, I'll sum it up for you.
According to the article, "the recording industry and Webcasters finally agreed
on a proposed 0.0762 cents per performance or 1.17 cents per aggregate hour
tuned in for free, advertising-supported services. Webcasters had opposed other
rates suggested by the RIAA, saying they would put them out of business."

So now you know.

Harold J. Johnson
VoyagerRadio
Transmitting Downtempo Electronica to Earth
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