WXPN and the Battle of Internet Royalty Fees

First YouTube, now internet radio. What's with the war on technology, Congress?

"After nearly two years of legal wrangling, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), an oversight body created by Congress to settle royalty disputes in the music business, issued a new, higher fee structure for Web music broadcasts on March 5 that Web radio executives see as crippling.

"...WXPN could be paying about $1 million a year in royalties under the CRB's ruling. For small publicly funded stations and Web radio startups alike, that could mean the end of streaming..."

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