As internet radio stations fight to get a reduction in Copyright Royalty Board-levied royalties, there’s a move to tie it to the effort to win a performance royalty from over-the-air radio. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) says “I don’t know how we ever get to a system of rate parity by leaving the 800-pound gorilla out of the room.” So far NAB lobbying has secured the pledge of 222 House members and 14 Senators to oppose what the NAB says amounts to a tax.

Source: Inside Radio

Tags: congress, copyright, NAB, online radio, radio, royalties

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