Music Industry Continues Fight Against Net Radio Bill

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The music industry is continuing its lobbying campaign against legislation that supporters say is aimed at leveling the playing field for online music providers.

Last month, the AFL-CIO came out against the Internet Radio Freedom Act, offered in September by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). The bill would require that the Library of Congress's Copyright Royalty Board use the same standard for setting royalty rates paid by Internet radio providers like Pandora that it uses to set rates for cable and satellite digital music providers. Pandora and radio stations that simulcast music via the Internet complain that they pay much higher rates. The music industry, however, argues that the legislation would result in lower revenues for performers and has been rounding up opposition to the Chaffetz-Wyden legislation. Among the latest to come out against the legislation is the NAACP.


Music Industry Continues Fight Against Net Radio Bill