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Internet Radio Saved?

Wired's Listening Post Blog claims that internet radio has been "saved" (for now, anyway) and that SoundExchange executive director Jon Simson "promised — in front of Congress — that SoundExchange will not enforce the new royalty rates. Webcasters will stay online, as new rates are hammered out." More »

11:46 AM on Fri Jul 13 2007
By Meg Marco
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Today Is The Day Of Internet Radio Silence

Just a reminder to those of you who are following the great internet radio crisis, today is the day of Internet Radio Silence. Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora.com, writes:
Ignoring all rationality and responding only to the lobbying of the RIAA, an arbitration committee in Washington DC has drastically increased the licensing fees Internet radio sites must pay to stream songs. Pandora's fees will triple, and are retroactive for eighteen months! Left unchanged by Congress, every day will be like today as internet radio sites start shutting down and the music dies.
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2:59 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Meg Marco
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Latest by venterminator: Someone said that free radio probably pays more than that? Umm, no. Free radio pays NOTHING to the RIAA. These fees are exclusive to Internet radio, satellite radio and other music based streams. But I think more »