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)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 2001 by Albiniak, Paige

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. the Recording Industry Association of America and its members--have been in arbitration at the Copyright Office.

Webcasters also are trying to establish a fee but have not been able to do so, sources said. Congress required radio stations and Webcasters to pay royalties when it passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998. Radio stations, represented by the National Association of Broadcasters, opposed the ruling in federal court but lost. The settlement has not been made public, and the arbiters are...

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