Internet Radio Buh-Bye?
On March 2, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) published a <A HREF="http://www.loc.gov/crb/proceedings/2005-1/rates-terms2005-1.pdf">"Deter… of Rates and Terms,"</A> which announced an artist and recording company royalty fee structure for Internet radio based upon a "per song" structure. As it so happens, that was the model proposed by <A HREF="http://www.soundexchange.com/">SoundExchange</A>, a digital fee collection agency founded by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).