42244 1 3 econsultancy_xml <p>Before the ruling, webcasters paid an annual fee plus 12% of profits in order to stream music to listeners. </p> <p>Under the new fees, they will pay a flat fee per song, which will rise every year up to 2010, and eventually be almost three times higher than current charges. </p> <p>Web radio companies will also be charged $500 per channel, hitting those with multiple channels offering different types of music and affecting the diversity of services on offer. </p> <p>Kurt Hanson of <a href="http://www.accuradio.com/">AccuRadio </a>believes most small and medium sized broadcasters are under threat:</p> <blockquote> <p> <em>"Under the judges' decision, we owe $600,000 for 2006 -- which is about 150% of our total revenues! That would absolutely bankrupt us and will force us to shut down. And that's true for almost everyone who’s a stand-alone webcaster."</em> </p> </blockquote> <p> <a href="http://savenetradio.org/index.html">SaveNetRadio.org</a>, a group of webcasters which is protesting against the ruling, claims that internet radio is being charged higher rates than satellite or broadcast radio stations. </p> <p>While broadcast radio pays no royalty fees per performance, and satellite radio stations pay between 3% and 7% of revenue in performance royalties, SaveNetRadio claims that royalties for web radio will be as much as 58% of revenue. </p> <p>A coalition of web radio broadcasters, including Yahoo and AOL, had objected to the increases and asked the Board to reconsider the charges, but a new hearing was rejected as the judges said that they had not shown any new evidence which would influence their original decision. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>Before the ruling, webcasters paid an annual fee plus 12% of profits in order to stream music to listeners. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Under the new fees, they will pay a flat fee per song, which will rise every year up to 2010, and eventually be almost three times higher than current charges. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Web radio companies will also be charged $500 per channel, hitting those with multiple channels offering different types of music and affecting the diversity of services on offer. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Kurt Hanson of <Link URL="http://www.accuradio.com/" Window="New">AccuRadio </Link>believes most small and medium sized broadcasters are under threat:</Paragraph> <Block> <Paragraph> <Quote>"Under the judges' decision, we owe $600,000 for 2006 -- which is about 150% of our total revenues! That would absolutely bankrupt us and will force us to shut down. And that's true for almost everyone who’s a stand-alone webcaster."</Quote> </Paragraph> </Block> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://savenetradio.org/index.html" Window="New">SaveNetRadio.org</Link>, a group of webcasters which is protesting against the ruling, claims that internet radio is being charged higher rates than satellite or broadcast radio stations. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>While broadcast radio pays no royalty fees per performance, and satellite radio stations pay between 3% and 7% of revenue in performance royalties, SaveNetRadio claims that royalties for web radio will be as much as 58% of revenue. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>A coalition of web radio broadcasters, including Yahoo and AOL, had objected to the increases and asked the Board to reconsider the charges, but a new hearing was rejected as the judges said that they had not shown any new evidence which would influence their original decision. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-04-17T16:30:00+01:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>The US Copyright Royalty Board has rejected an appeal by internet radio broadcasters against a plan to increase royalty fees. </strong> </p> <p>Many US web broadcasters are saying that the <a href="/blog/900-riaa-plots-royalty-fee-hikes">royalty hikes,</a> which will be backdated to January 2006, will put them out of business, as well as affecting the diversity of music available online.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>The US Copyright Royalty Board has rejected an appeal by internet radio broadcasters against a plan to increase royalty fees. </Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Many US web broadcasters are saying that the <Link URL="/blog/900-riaa-plots-royalty-fee-hikes" Window="New">royalty hikes,</Link> which will be backdated to January 2006, will put them out of business, as well as affecting the diversity of music available online.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1062 363099 US internet radio under threat from new ruling false 2007-04-18T10:03:00+01:00 us-internet-radio-under-threat-from-new-ruling 2009-04-29T21:17:57+01:00 2009-04-29T21:17:57+01:00 418