Net Radio Fees Push Some Broadcasters Underground
News He released it early, before finishing its development, after hearing news that the Webcasting fees had been put in place and that popular file-swapping company Audiogalaxy effectively had been shut down by a record industry lawsuit.
[July 3, 2002, 14:36]
Small Webcasters Put Faith In Latest Bill
News The Webcasting fees, put in place by a joint decision of the Librarian of Congress and the US Register of Copyrights, have sent a wave of panic rippling through the small Webcasting community. The bill, which had been expected for several weeks...
[July 29, 2002, 11:28]
Royalty Fees Threaten Net Radio
News There is a reason why we have the expression, 'I can get it for a song,'" said John Simson, executive director of SoundExchange, the organisation created by record labels to collect and distribute the Webcasting fees.
[June 21, 2002, 12:46]
Yahoo! Beats The Street, Is Optimistic
News s enterprise services business, which reported a loss of $6m to $7m in revenue due to the de-emphasis of its event-based Webcasting service and the sale of other businesses. broke down the results for its three separate revenue lines: Marketing...
[April 10, 2003, 9:39]
Music Industry Casts New Net For Streaming Royalties
News But "as the Internet develops and as Webcasting develops, we're hoping to see dramatic increases in that revenue", he said. It will not be used to collect royalties or fees from download sites such as Napster, which is embroiled in a court fight...
[November 29, 2000, 10:32]
Yahoo Results Earn Grudging Approval
News However, Yahoo's event Webcasting business through its Enterprise Solutions unit showed a revenue decline. Fees: Revenue totalled $69.9m, up 43 percent from last year and a slight increase from $63.7m last quarter.
[July 10, 2003, 14:06]
Copyright Bill May Severely Limit Rights
News According to the draft bill, such Webcasting "is not an infringement of copyright" -- if temporary copies are made only to facilitate music distribution and if the copies are stored only for a time that's necessary for the broadcast.
[July 12, 2002, 8:02]
Putting A Price On Net Music
News In the menagerie of online music services, Webcasting is a many-headed beast. It's still far from clear that the way we've been thinking about Webcasting over the past few years will actually produce a sustainable business.
[July 30, 2001, 10:56]
Small Webcasters Get Fee Reprieve
News The small Webcasting bill, drawn up in a compromise between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and a group of small Internet radio stations earlier this month, had passed the House without significant opposition.
[October 21, 2002, 8:58]
Royalties Killed The Web Radio Star
News After learning of the shutdown, people from Oklahoma to Canada posted messages to the Squeals section of KPIG's Web site, pledging their support for the station's efforts to resume Webcasting. The first commercial radio station to stream its...
[July 22, 2002, 10:36]
Patent Claim Threatens Streaming Industry
News Michael Roe, proprietor of the small RadioIO Webcasting station, got a surprise FedEx package this week, containing a notification that he was violating patents owned by a company he'd never heard of.
[February 6, 2003, 12:26]
Open Source MP3 Project Continues After Parent's Demise
News Open source software developers hoping to create a free replacement for MP3 technology are pushing ahead with their project after the collapse of their parent, Webcasting start-up iCast. For the last few months of its existence, CMGI's iCast was...
[December 12, 2000, 8:54]
Small Webcasters Take On RIAA
News Webcasting royalty rates have proved to be an enormously contentious topic for years. In June 2002, the Library of Congress finally set the rate at about 0.07 of a cent per song, with the fees retroactive to 1998.
[August 28, 2003, 12:09]
Yahoo Celebrates Ongoing Recovery
News The company's live event Webcasting business again showed declines. Fees: Revenue from Yahoo's collection of paid services rose 38 percent from last year to $79.4m and showed a quarterly gain from $69.9m.
[October 9, 2003, 16:20]
