http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.1 2012-02-11T17:23:07-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/radio/18667.html 2009-11-18T15:43:00-06:00 2009-11-18T15:43:00-06:00 Dave Seyler News Corp. is working hard to monetize its internet social site MySpace. Part of that project hinges on its MySpace Music offering, an “on-demand http://www.rbr.com/radio/18667.html 2009-11-18T23:44:22-06:00 2009-11-18T23:44:22-06:00 George The thing about these royalties is that they keep going up as much as 2% a year. This is at a time when ad rates are down 23% a year. These companies are being squeezed. The other down side to increased royalties is they get passed on to consumers, who respond by stealing music rather than paying for it. http://www.rbr.com/radio/18667.html 2009-11-19T09:45:51-06:00 2009-11-19T09:45:51-06:00 Tom Spencer Well, there's the on-line "pirates", who manage to NOT pay royalties... Yo Ho Ho and a torrent of bits (grin)... DMCA may yet be the salvation of broadcast radio! http://www.rbr.com/radio/18667.html 2009-11-19T13:14:43-06:00 2009-11-19T13:14:43-06:00 Lex >>> Some internet music operators have been supporting PRA in order to level the playing field with radio. That has proven to be an incredibly short-sighted wish – they should have been fighting the royalties all along.>>>so where were the terrestrial radio support for internet radio when webcasting royalties were being determined?One of the argument that internet radio made was that the same webcast royalty rates argument was going to be applied to terrestrials in the future. So now that decision has come back home to roost, and webcasters are supposed to stand with terrestrials for the good of the industry?a bit ironic wouldn't you say?