Radio Expert: Performance Royalties Could Usurp 100%+ of Net Income
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A Los Angeles Times story published yesterday revealed that the new Copyright Alliance, made up of content and recording industry leaders and supported by Rep. Howard Berman (D - Calif.), has as its key mission the establishment of a system of rates which both terrestrial and Internet-based radio stations would pay as performance royalties.
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About $200,000 in monthly expenses is a big check to write to run a radio station you may never own. That&#39;s the reality facing Chris Egan, who will have to decide how long he&#39;ll
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New royalty rates may doom many small stations and the struggling musicians who depend on them.
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Perhaps in anticipation of the passage of federal legislation capping the amount of performance royalties collectable from Internet and other digital audio broadcasters at 7.5% of annual revenue, the SoundExchange performance rights organization has reportedly offered one segment of that group - cable radio broadcasters - an annual royalty rate not exceeding that same amount.
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Internet music broadcasters will have to start paying sharply higher royalties next week, after a federal appeals court yesterday refused to halt the royalty increase.
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Hundreds of US net radio stations face potential closure from Monday when a new royalty fee begins.
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Radio broadcasters are considering technology and business models that may soon allow listeners to click, listen and buy the tunes they hear on their favorite radio stations.
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I saw an ad in yesterday's NY Times that offered the complete New Yorker magazine archive, including all the cartoons and ads, going back to 1920-something for a bit more than the hard disk would cost. The ad was from J&R, the company that makes the product is Pexagon. $149. Sounds like there might be DRM. I asked for something like this from the music business. A hundred gigs of popular music for $500, all pre-installed on the disk without DRM.  Someone at the New Yorker had this idea too? It's a good one. Bulk content for collector types. Another source of revenue. I want to run my own personal radio station, so having every song of a certain genre or from a certain period makes the diff.
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Demands for higher royalty payments by a US copyright body could shut down net radio stations, they warn.
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For do-it-yourself Internet disc jockeys, the prospects for staying on the air may be up in the air.
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Amid an outcry from online listeners and Congress, the recording industry indicated in may show new leniency on royalties for Internet radio.
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In the world of online radio, a fraction of a penny can make a difference.
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update The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced Monday that it has reached a $1.7 billion deal with the Radio Music License Committee to let stations legally stream their on-air content over the Internet.
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Qualcomm Inc. may change the way it recognizes royalties from its licensees, which would reduce fourth-quarter pre-tax income by $298 million, the company said on Friday.
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Big Broadcasters ready to cuff labels again Column Although the recording industry is thought by some to be all-powerful, American broadcasters actually wield far greater power. Radio has been able to get away with not paying labels for music they play: specifically, performance royalties that broadcasters elsewhere in the world owe to the labels for broadcast music. But is this all about to change?â¦
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Scads of music services are making a power play for your digital dollars. We shine a light into the murk and pick out the gems. By Mathew Honan from Wired Test.
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Some performers are finding that early success online can turn into an album contract.