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Senate Judiciary Committee approves radio royalty bill
A bill which would require terrestrial radio broadcasters to pay additional royalties to performers for the music they play. Currently US broadcasters ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19996.cfm - 20 October 2009

Yahoo wins case, does not have to pay Internet radio royalties
A New York appeals court has ruled in favor of Yahoo this weekend, claiming its Launchcast Internet radio service is not required to pay royalties ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19017.cfm - 24 August 2009

Pandora's future looking up following royalties agreement
Following last week's announced agreement between Internet radio services and SoundExchange, Pandora has gotten an almost immediate confidence ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18488.cfm - 16 July 2009

Internet Radio is saved
Internet Radio has been saved today, for the time being at least, after SoundExchange signed a deal with radio webcasters. SoundExchange ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18419.cfm - 8 July 2009

SoundExchange misses deadline for webcaster royalty deal
Yesterday SoundExchange and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced a deal for webcasting royalties. This deal covers only ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17029.cfm - 18 February 2009

SoundExchange seems desparate for an internet radio royalty deal
The deadline set by lawmakers last year for SoundExchange and webcasters to come to a deal over internet radio royalties is nearly here. Having ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16948.cfm - 11 February 2009

19 US Representatives find time to fight for radio royalties
Considering the massive amount of work before the House of Representatives to deal with one financial crisis after another you would think their ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16891.cfm - 5 February 2009

Obama appoints RIAA lawyer to Department of Justice
Earlier this week US President Elect Barrack Obama announced his selections for some key positions at the Department of Justice. One of the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16581.cfm - 10 January 2009

Internet Radio saved?
The House of Representatives has unanimously passed the bill that will greenlight an agreement between Internet Radio companies and SoundExchange, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15538.cfm - 30 September 2008

Pandora and Internet radio need your help
Last month we reported that SoundExchange had killed off Internet radio by upping royalties to levels that cannot be sustained by any company. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15527.cfm - 28 September 2008

SoundExchange greed kills Internet Radio
According to Pandora founder Tim Westergren, the hugely popular web radio site is about to go offline, citing new pressures from the record ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15137.cfm - 18 August 2008

RIAA argues for basing songwriter royalties on revenue
The RIAA is trying to convince the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which is responsible for setting the mechanical (automatic) royalty rates ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13112.cfm - 4 March 2008

Copyright Royalty Board hears arguments over proposed songwriter royalties
According to many music label executives, manufacturers of portable music players should be paying them a cut of profits since their sales are ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12825.cfm - 6 February 2008

Yahoo threatens to drop Internet radio because of royalties
Bloomberg is reaporting that AOL and Yahoo are both considering shutting down their Web radio operations due to a 38% spike in royalty payments ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12021.cfm - 30 November 2007

Webcaster testifies about royalties on Capitol Hill
According to testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday, if the royalty rates approved by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11586.cfm - 26 October 2007

Webcasters to plead royalty case in Senate hearing today
The Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing today where webcasters plan to make a case for the Internet Radio Equality Act, which would ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11568.cfm - 24 October 2007

Anywhere.fm to let users store and play music online
Although still in its beta stages, Anywhere.fm is a new service that will allow iTunes users to upload their playlists directly to their Anywhere.fm account. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11181.cfm - 20 September 2007

SoundExchange reaches deal with large webcasters
The Digital Media Association (DiMA) and SoundExchange announced an agreement yesterday to cap the $500 per-channel webcasting fees at $50,000—a ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10841.cfm - 25 August 2007

SoundExchange offers $2,500 limit on multi-stream stations
Music industry organization SoundExchange is offering a new deal to internet radio broadcasters who say upcoming royalty hikes will kill online broadcasting. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10311.cfm - 8 July 2007

Internet radio providers criticize SoundExchange's excessive administrative fees
Internet radio providers such as RealNetworks and Yahoo have sent letters to politicians to raise awareness of a troubling provision in the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10046.cfm - 9 June 2007

Webcasters want appeals court to delay new royalty rates
National Public Radio (NPR) and a group of webcasters have filed for an emergency stay in the US District Court of the DC Circuit, looking for ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9961.cfm - 2 June 2007

Internet radio stations snub SoundExchange offer
We reported yesterday that SoundExchange, the group backed by the record industry to collects Internet music royalties from Webcasters and satellite ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9823.cfm - 23 May 2007

SoundExchange offers smaller webcasters lower royalty rates
SoundExchange, the group backed by the record industry to collects Internet music royalties from Webcasters and satellite radio, said on Tuesday ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9807.cfm - 22 May 2007

US Copyright Royalty Board rubber stamps recording industry proposed rates
On Friday, March 2, the US Copyright Royalty Board announced new royalty rates for webcasters. Under the new rates, originally proposed by SoundExchange ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8862.cfm - 5 March 2007

Grokster launches a legal Net radio
Grokster, one of the best-known P2P services (at least one of the best-known by the RIAA & co), has taken yet another step in its path to make ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5784.cfm - 15 November 2004

Webcasters and recording industry agreed over royalty rates
A decision that is supposed to end a long legal fight over the webcasting (for average consumers that's Net radio) royalty rates was agreed ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4969.cfm - 12 February 2004

Jupiter says only talk and sport radios will survive on Internet
According to Jupiter Research, within next 18 to 24 months, only real survivors in webcasting are going to be either talk or sports radios. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3287.cfm - 5 September 2002

RIAA announces a royalty system for webcasts
The Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, announced a new online royalty payment organization that will collect performance fees ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/1702.cfm - 28 November 2000