U.S. Court Denies Webcasters' Stay Petition

Michael Manoochehri writes "Reuters reports that a "federal appeals court has denied a petition by U.S. Internet radio stations seeking to delay a royalty rate hike due July 15 they say could kill the fledgling industry." This royalty rate hike, put forth by the US Copyright Royalty Board, will increase royalty rates for webcast music tremendously, in some cases to more per year than many webcasters bring in from revenue. Save Net Radio, a coalition of webcasters, is telling listeners that "We are appealing to the millions of Internet radio listeners out there, the webcasters they support and the artists and labels we treasure to rise up and make your voices heard again before this vibrant medium is silenced.""

Comments

Re:What, you're shocked?

[Anonymous Coward]

Information wants to be free. That may be true, but entertaiment wants to be paid and you just want to be cheap.

Re:What about regular radio?

[Paradise Pete]

The whining, though old, never ceases to amaze and amuse me. Who gives a shit about the RIAA or what they do.

I take it then that you clicked on this story by mistake, and then in your haste to close it you bumped the keyboard and accidentally posted instead.

OSS is obsolete

[Jaxoreth]

OSS is obsolete for listening to music. You should be using ALSA by now.