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• Royalty fees apply to Internet

  - 2003-10-21

  PHILADELPHIA -- Radio stations must pay royalties to recording companies and performers, as they do to composers and songwriters, when musical broadcasts are "streamed" over the Internet, a federal appeals court has affirmed. A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a rule...

  Tags: broadcaster, Copyright Office, INTERNET, MARKETING, radio, RIAA

• Keeping the streams alive: some say Library of Congress decision won't stop the music; Cuban says the fee is flawed. (Washington).(Brief Article)

  - 2002-07-01

  The Librarian of Congress's decision two weeks ago not to change the rates broadcasters pay for streaming was branded a death blow to the infant industry. Not quite. Though many streamers see themselves on life support, a few radio companies ...

  Tags: broadcaster, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Internet, Librarian, radio, RIAA, The Library of Congress, Yahoo! Inc.

• Paying the piper.com: RIAA, radio Webcasters find something to pan in royalty rules. (Washington).(Copyright Office rulings scrutinized by industry and the House Judicial Committee)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)

  - 2002-04-15

  Although the chances are slim that the U.S. Copyright Office will change its compromise formula for how much content owners should be paid for Webcasting, that's not stopping both sides of the issue from taking their best shots. Those sides a...

  Tags: radio, Copyright Office, webcasting, broadcaster, RIAA

• For radio, a Web royalty check: Broadcasters, RIAA agree on fee that stations will pay to stream music on the Internet. (Top of the Week).(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-10

  Radio broadcasters have reached an agreement with record companies on royalty fees that radio stations must pay in return for a blanket license to stream their signals over the Internet, sources say. The two sides--major radio companies vs. th ...

  Tags: broadcaster, Internet, radio, record company, RIAA, Web

• The sound of silence.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-09-18

  Copyright ruling could make radio stations pay for Net simulcasts he Internet has opened up a number of highly publicized issues concerning distribution of copyrighted material, and a pending ruling from the U.S. Copyright Office could bring radio stations that simulcast on the Internet into the...

  Tags: broadcaster, exemption, INTERNET, MARKETING, radio, RIAA, Wharton

• Streaming fees or no: Who decides?(Brief Article)

  - 2000-06-12

  The National Association of Broadcasters wants a New York federal district judge to consider whether Web radio broadcasters must pay copyright fees for songs they stream over the Internet. On May 30, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...

  Tags: broadcaster, INTERNET, MARKETING, RIAA

• Streaming Rules Debated

  - 2000-04-24

  NAB is trying to get Library of Congress Copyright Office CO to suspend rulemaking on copyright obligations for radio stations streaming their signals on Internet (TVD March 20 p8). In filing at CO, NAB said issues would be better addressed in suit it filed against RIAA in U.S. Dist....

  Tags: broadcaster, Copyright Office, FINANCE, INTERNET, MARKETING, RIAA, rulemaking

• The National Association of Broadcasters is fighting with the Recording Industry Association of America over whether broadcasters should be required to pay copyright fees when they stream broadcasts over the Internet.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-04-24

  Broadcasters say they should be able to stream free of charge, citing a 1995 law that exempts them from paying copyright fees on sound recordings included in broadcasts. The RIAA argues that broadcasters lose the exemption once their signal appears Broadcasters say they should...

  Tags: broadcaster, Internet, RIAA

• Streaming Fees Considered - Brief Article

  - 2000-03-20

  Library of Congress's Copyright Office is stepping into battle between radio and recording industries over whether stations which stream their broadcast signals online must pay license fees for use of music. At request of RIAA, Copyright Office called for comments on whether Webcasting qualifies for broadcasters' traditional exemption from...

  Tags: broadcaster, Copyright Office, FINANCE, INTERNET, MARKETING, RIAA