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I know it's short notice, but there are still a couple days left. Such a sad thing, the music industry is doing now. 
Variety of websites covering this:
The bill follows a June decision from the Librarian of Congress ordering Internet radio stations, or Webcasters, to pay about .07 cent per song, per listener for the rights to play music online. Record labels criticized the sum as too low, but small Webcasters said the fees would quickly add up to thousands of dollars, driving many out of business.
The webcast royalty rate has been a controversial measure since it was set by the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel last year. Since then, Librarian of Congress James Billington Jr. has cut the rate in half, and both the RIAA and webcasters have filed court cases appealing the rate. Billington set a rate in June that requires webcasters to pay copyright holders 70 cents per song for every 1,000 listeners.
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Variety of websites covering this:
The bill follows a June decision from the Librarian of Congress ordering Internet radio stations, or Webcasters, to pay about .07 cent per song, per listener for the rights to play music online. Record labels criticized the sum as too low, but small Webcasters said the fees would quickly add up to thousands of dollars, driving many out of business.
The webcast royalty rate has been a controversial measure since it was set by the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel last year. Since then, Librarian of Congress James Billington Jr. has cut the rate in half, and both the RIAA and webcasters have filed court cases appealing the rate. Billington set a rate in June that requires webcasters to pay copyright holders 70 cents per song for every 1,000 listeners.
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