If you’ve even listened to Internet Radio, particularity Internet radio services like Pandora or LastFM, then they may be on their last days of broadcasting. A recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board could put an end to the popular web radio services. This stupid ruling increases webcasters’ royalty rates (what they must pay) between 300 and 1200 percent over the next 5 years, seriously jeopardising the industry and threatening your listening.
However, you can help. Join SaveNetRadio, a coalition made up of artists, labels, listeners, and webcasters are trying to force the U.S. Congress to “create a structural solution for this problem and create an environment where Internet radio, and the millions of artists it features, can continue to grow for generations to come.”
It’s unknown at this time if the ruling will in any way influence UK based Internet Radio stations, who are already covered by UK legislation, but as they say, what happens over ‘there’, eventually influences us over ‘here’.
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