NPR Joins Appeal of Online Music Royalties

NPR JOINS APPEAL OF ONLINE MUSIC ROYALTIES
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Seth Sutel]
National Public Radio is teaming up with online radio broadcasters to appeal new music royalty fees that they say would put smaller operators out of business and force others to sharply scale back their online music offerings. NPR filed a notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District on Wednesday signaling that it would challenge the ruling by a panel of copyright judges that will sharply raise the amount of royalties that NPR stations and others have to pay record companies for streaming music over the Internet. NPR also said it, along with other webcasters, was filing a request with the same court yesterday for an emergency stay blocking the adoption of the new rates, which are set to take effect July 15.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/31/AR2007053102186.html
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