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Copyright Office Publishes Final Webcasting Rates

Posted by timothy on from the officialdom-strikes-again dept.

Ghaleon writes: "The Copyright Office just released the final rates for webcasting. Looks like the rates are lower than the CARP recomendations, though I'm no webcaster so I'm not sure if these rates are good or not ..." nbrimhall points to a bit more at soma fm as well. Update: 06/20 21:54 GMT by M : See our last story for background information. The final rates are nothing to cheer about: most webcasters will not be able to afford them. Update: 06/21 03:13 GMT by T : An anonymous reader points out the continuing coverage at kurthanson.com, including reactions from Reps. Boucher and Inslee.

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  1. Re:Grab shoutcast while you can... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, and then they're going to chop off your fingers and feed you to the space aliens. Dumbass

  2. What we need... by joshwa · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... is for Hilary Rosen to get a few pies in the face. Where's the widespread Hacktivism when we need it?!?

  3. what is a performace? by DanThe1Man · · Score: 3, Funny

    Performance Fee
    (per performance)

    If by performace they mean per song, then we are going to be hearing a lot of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by webcasters.

  4. Not quite dead! Read. by Viewsonic · · Score: 1, Funny

    They made provisions for "niche and small business" streaming sites. GROOVE SALAD would *most definately* be categorized as "niche". Most likely it will cost Groove Salad next to nothing to keep streaming.