Web radio broadcasters across the US has decided to hold a "day of silence" to protest against plans to hike royalty payments when music is played online.
The protest by webradio broadcasters has been organised by the SaveNetRadio Coalition, whose members include Yahoo, Viacom and RealNetworks. The increases could represent a 300% rise in current payments and the plan is to eventually charge royalties every time an online listener hears a song. Radio stations with multiple channels, such as NPR, would be charged thousands of dollars. The decision to increase fees was made by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which reviewed an earlier decision to increase royalty fees collected from web broadcasters.
Source: i4d
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