5 blog reactions to www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/05/03/closing-pandoras-box-the-end-of-internet-radio/

We pay a licensing fee for every song that we stream, which was determined by the Copyright Royalty Board. And the royalty board just voted to almost triple those fees within the next couple of years. So overnight, they’ve made webcast radio

increase in royalties and licensing fees for broadcasting songs abroad, and has affected most Pandora listeners since the beginning of the year. Pandora founder Tim Westergren explained the problem facing his site (and internet radio in general) in an interview with 10ZenMonkeys.com: We pay a licensing fee for every song that we stream, which was determined by the Copyright Royalty Board. And the royalty board just voted to almost triple those fees within the next couple of years. So overnight, they’ve

increase in royalties and licensing fees for broadcasting songs abroad, and has affected most Pandora listeners since the beginning of the year. Pandora founder Tim Westergren explained the problem facing his site (and internet radio in general) in an interview with 10ZenMonkeys.com: We pay a licensing fee for every song that we stream, which was determined by the Copyright Royalty Board. And the royalty board just voted to almost triple those fees within the next couple of years. So overnight, they’ve

back to January of 2006, with more money going to labels rather than the artists themselves]. So overnight, they’ve made webcast radio pretty much impossible. It’s impossible, at these new rates, to really operate a radio station online. (more here)Big business wins again.

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