
Sunday was when Internet radio was supposed to turn into
dead air,
after even an emergency court hearing had failed.
However, during a Congressional hearing Friday,
…Jon Simson, director of SoundExchange – the label-affiliated
organization responsible for setting royalty rates – told Congress that
the group would not enforce the new royalty rates and would continue to
work on negotiating new rates with the Digital Media Association (DiMA),
who are acting on behalf of webcasters. “This is definitely a step
in the right direction,” Pandora founder Tim Westergren, told us this
morning. “At this point, provided there’s good-faith negotiations,
they’re not going to go after people.”
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Public Outcry Staves Off Destruction of Internet Radio,
Evan Serpick,
Rock & Roll Daily,
Rolling Stone,
7/13/07, 12:54 pm EST
Is this any way to run a regulatorium?
All the regulatory bodies stonewalling, the courts not listening,
and only one man deciding not to proceed?
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