Internet radio to fight royalty ruling

INTERNET RADIO TO FIGHT ROYALTY RULING
[SOURCE: CNN|Money 3/15, AUTHOR: Jeff Cox]
After nearly two years of legal wrangling, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), an oversight body created by Congress to settle royalty disputes in the music business, issued a new, higher fee structure for Web music broadcasts on March 5 that Web radio executives see as crippling. Web radio began fighting back against the new royalty fees. On Friday, National Public Radio officials will filed a petition for reconsideration with the CRB. If that fails, NPR has vowed to bring whatever legal challenges necessary to overturn the decision. NPR spokeswoman Andi Sporkin called the ruling a "stunning, damaging decision for public radio" that would cost stations 20 to 30 times what they are paying now in royalties.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/technology/radio_streaming/index.htm

* A Fee Per Song Can Ruin Us, Internet Radio Companies Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/technology/19webcast.html