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Copyright Royalty Board Decision on Webcasting Royalties Expected by June 14 – What Will the Streaming Rates for 2021-2025 Be?

By David Oxenford|2021-05-23T22:18:05-05:00May 23rd, 2021|Legal News|

The Copyright Royalty Board decision on the rates to be paid in the next 5 years by webcasters, including broadcasters who simulcast their programming on the internet, to SoundExchange for the digital public performance of sound recordings is supposed to be released by June 14. These royalties are collected by SoundExchange from noninteractive webcasters (see... Continue Reading…

Copyright Royalty Board Decision on Webcasting Royalties Expected by June 14 – What Will the Streaming Rates for 2021-2025 Be?

By David Oxenford|2021-05-23T22:18:05-05:00May 23rd, 2021|Legal News|

The Copyright Royalty Board decision on the rates to be paid in the next 5 years by webcasters, including broadcasters who simulcast their programming on the internet, to SoundExchange for the digital public performance of sound recordings is supposed to be released by June 14. These royalties are collected by SoundExchange from noninteractive webcasters (see... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 30, 2021 to February 5, 2021

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2021-02-07T10:02:10-06:00February 7th, 2021|Legal News|

The past week was another light one for broadcast regulation at the FCC. But here are some actions of note for broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Two Kentucky FM translator stations filed their license renewal applications nearly four months... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 30, 2021 to February 5, 2021

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2021-02-07T10:02:10-06:00February 7th, 2021|Legal News|

The past week was another light one for broadcast regulation at the FCC. But here are some actions of note for broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Two Kentucky FM translator stations filed their license renewal applications nearly four months... Continue Reading…

Are You Streaming Your Radio Station? Reminder that Broadcasters Need to Pay Royalties to SoundExchange as well as ASCAP, BMI and SESAC

By David Oxenford|2017-10-09T11:15:29-05:00October 9th, 2017|Legal News|

The alphabet soup of organizations that collect royalties for playing music has never been easy to keep straight, and today royalty issues sometimes seem even more daunting with new players like GMR (see our articles here, here and here) and arguments over issues like fractional licensing that only a music lawyer could love (see our...… Continue Reading

5 Things Broadcasters Should Know About SoundExchange Music Royalties

By David Oxenford|2016-03-25T10:45:40-05:00March 25th, 2016|Legal News|

The recent Copyright Royalty Board decision (see my summary here) setting the rates to be paid by Internet radio operators to SoundExchange for the rights to publicly perform sound recordings (a particular recording of a song as performed by an artist or band) still raises many questions. Today, Jacobs Media Strategies published on their blog… Continue Reading