New rate for music digital stream

The music collection society - PRS - have unveiled a new pricing plan it hopes may entice YouTube and Pandora back to the UK market.

From 1 July 2009, firms will have to pay 0.085p for each track streamed, down from the previous rate of 0.22p.

PRS for Music say the new plan will "enable the digital market to grow". more...

why yes there is going to be change.....when Obama picked Biden/Clinton....I kinda knew that it would be politics as usual....
Tom Perrelli

I hope net radio stays the same

Tim,

It looks to me that it passed in the House....yes or no

What do you need us to do for the Senate....and when will they vote?

chance4phun wrote:
Bummer!

Hi, it's Tim from Pandora;

After a yearlong negotiation, Pandora, SoundExchange and the RIAA are finally optimistic about reaching an agreement on royalties that would save Pandora and Internet radio. But just as we've gotten close, large traditional broadcast radio companies have launched a covert lobbying campaign to sabotage our progress.

Yesterday, Congressman Jay Inslee, and several co-sponsors, introduced legislation to give us the extra time we need but the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), which represents radio broadcasters such as Clear Channel, has begun intensively pressuring lawmakers to kill the bill. We have just days to keep this from collapsing.

This is a blatant attempt by large radio companies to suffocate the webcasting industry that is just beginning to offer an alternative to their monopoly of the airwaves.

Please call your Congressperson right now and ask them to support H.R. 7084, the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 - and to not capitulate to pressure from the NAB. Congress is currently working extended hours, so even calls this evening and over the weekend should get answered.

If the phone is busy, please try again until you get through. These calls really do make a difference.

Representative Gene Green: 202-225-1688Thanks so much for you ongoing support.Tim

congress passed the extension tonight...so this means bill can haggle for fees for awhile.....lets hope in the next session this can be a done deal......

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10052966-93.html

 chance4phun wrote: 
  Gee, I thought he was gonna be different. Now I'm all disappointed and disillusioned  and stuff.

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oh well it's not like you weren't warned.....

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Conventions/story?id=5676877&page=1

I thougth Obama want to get rid of special interest groups....

chance4phun wrote:

Made your link live.

oh boy.....this doesn't look good.....

Biden the Hun....

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-dem-vp-pick-bidens-tech-policy-pro-copyright-friend-of-riaa-mpaa/

yeah...I will be on the phone this week to my congressman..but the RIAA and Soundexchange...really need to loosen up...these people are so tight...they can fart out diamonds....you would think they would cash them in and leave the rest of us alone....I have hard time believing that by restricting net radio, music companies will increase their profits....I was at a party in manahattan and ran into two industry lawyers who really believe this....I said you have to be kidding...when napster was up, my wife and I where spending 300 a month on music...now I got research what I hear and make sure it's not RIAA sponsored...and trust I am not the only middle professional who is buying music this way....sorry for the rant...but I am sick of this...

 chance4phun wrote: 
I thought we had this beat as well. I just sent a note to Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora, to see if there is anything we can do. Yes, I've written the emails to Congress and called them as well as Senators....in Spring of 2007. Will that even make a difference. Is there a specific "ask" we should be requesting? And I guess I have a similar question for BillG. Is RP set in this area, or not? We could use an update. Thanks for posting the Washington Post article link to the RP community, chance4phun. It is a very well written article.

bye-bye pandora.....miss clinton's henchmen are going to use the political diversion of picking a new nothing will really change president to kill the new electronic media...boy I thought we had this beat....

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2008/08/music_biz_still_trying_to_kill.html