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• Internet Radio - The Day the Music Died

  Yesterday US based Internet Radio stations staged a day of silence in protest of a new royalty rate hike. But the rate increase really exists for the sole purpose of killing Internet radio and has been approved by the US Copyright Royalty Board. The scheme Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7:26 AM by Wayde | 2 Comments Filed under: Hi-Fi / Audio / Music, Technology Litigation

• Record Labels Force Pandora to Box Out Non-US Residents

  Unfortunately, music lovers outside of the United States may soon be stiff-armed service, as Pandora crumbles under the massive weight being placed on it by record labels. Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:27 AM by Brando | 1 Comments Filed under: Hi-Fi / Audio / Music, Technology Litigation

• RIAA Wants to Kill Internet Radio

  The RIAA is behind a new royalty scheme aimed at killing Internet radio. The Copyright Royalty Board approved new rates proposed by SoundExchange. SoundExchange is the RIAA’s royalty collection agency. The new royalty rates involve performance fees for Read More... Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:21 AM by Wayde | 8 Comments Filed under: Hi-Fi / Audio / Music, Technology Litigation

• RIAA Spurs Debate on Definition of Evil

  Can a bureaucracy with no regulatory apparatus to balance ends justification of means be truly evil? You bet! The debate came up recently on Gizmodo in the guise of a debate on the true intentions of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:55 PM by Wayde | 1 Comments Filed under: Hi-Fi / Audio / Music, Technology Litigation