Thanks for the Help in the Fight to Save Net Radio

Posted by iancr, July 16, 2007 at 4:36 am, in LAUNCHcast Radio.

Save Net Radio

A big “thank you” to all concerned music lovers and LAUNCHcast Radio fans who supported the Internet Radio Day of Silence, contacted their Congressional representatives and rallied to save internet radio.

On Friday at a House Energy and Commerce Committee roundtable hosted by Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) and attended by seven additional Members of Congress, SoundExchange announced an offer to cap the $500 per channel minimum fee exacted on Webcasters at $50,000 annually through 2010, for the full length of the term. DiMA, the trade organization that represents Yahoo! Music and other webcasters, has accepted the offer. With the minimum fee issue off the table, we are hopeful that we can negotiate a fair royalty rate with SoundExchange that will support a sustainable business environment for Internet radio.

We hope there will be more good news to come shortly.

ian c rogers
Yahoo! Music

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  1. […] First use of the word “asinine”: Internet Radio Day of Silence. Yahoo! Music GM Ian Rogers took the gloves off when describing the Copyright Royalty Board’s web radio rates. Looks like it had the right effect. […]

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  2. hey,

    Looking to find out if my Pinoneer XM Radio will be compatible with the Jukebox?

    Comment by justinork1 — August 3, 2007 #

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