Copyright Royalty Fees for Online Radio

A few articles discussing the potential impact if copyright royalty fees for streaming radio is raised.

-The Last Days of Internet Radio?
A decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to raise royalty fees could put some small online radio stations out of business
by Olga Kharif BusinessWeek Online

... from 2006 to 2008, Web radio music royalty rates will double to 0.14¢ every time a song is streamed to a listener. For a Webcaster playing 14 songs an hour, that will come to 2¢ per listener per hour in 2008.

-Royalty Hike Panics Webcasters
By Eliot Van Buskirk Wired News
08:00 AM Mar, 06, 2007

Additional information:

Copyright Royalty Board
http://www.loc.gov/crb/

Decision cited in articles:

UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES

In the Matter of ))DIGITAL PERFORMANCE RIGHT )
Docket No. 2005-1 CRB DTRAIN SOUND RECORDINGS AND )
EPHEMERAL RECORDINGS ))DETERMINATION OF RATES AND TERMS

http://www.loc.gov/crb/proceedings/2005-1/rates-terms2005-1.pdf