[commedia] FEDS NIX PACT ON NET RADIO STATIONS

[Community Media Association (London)]

FEDS NIX PACT ON NET RADIO STATIONS
Issue: Copyright
The Copyright Office has rejected a deal Wednesday between broadcasters
and the Recording Industry Association of America to pay for music used
online. Terms of the settlement, which was reached in December, had been
kept secret. Federal regulators blocked deal that would have set royalty
terms for radio-station broadcasts put online. Webcasters, or Web sites
that stream music online but are not associated with a traditional
broadcast radio station, are required to pay royalties for use of music
under the terms of a 1998 copyright law. [SOURCE: CNet, AUTHOR: John
Borland] (http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8424478.html?tag=mn_hd)