CARP is thrown back: library of Congress won't accept radio streaming royalty rate. (Top of the Week).(Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel )(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 2002 by Albiniak, Paige

Radio broadcasters will get another chance at reducing the fees they will pay to stream their signals over the Internet. That's after the Library of Congress refused to adopt the rate agreed to last February by the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP).

Since February, radio broadcasters and Internet-only Webcasters have been lobbying fiercely against the rate, which CARP said should be 0.07 cents per song per listener for traditional radio broadcasters and 0.14 cents per song per listener for Internet-only radio stations.

The fees would be paid to record companies and artists, who initially wanted more but then accepted the suggested rates. Radio broadcasters already pay fees to music publishers ASCAP and BMI but much less than those CARP...

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