good news!
This is a message from Brandon at LoudCity:
"Thanks to all the pressure you and your listeners put on Congress, they finally took action yesterday and leaned on SoundExchange. Rep Edward Markey (D-MA) (Energy & Commerce Sub-com) called for a round table discussion between the parties thus forcing some sanity into the situation.
"SoundExchange has stated before Congress that they will not enforce the CRB rates come July 15 and it's to be business as usual for Webcasters until a fresh round of negotiations establishes new rates. So for LoudCity this means we pay the old rates until we hash out what is expected to be realistic rates. Furthermore it looks like the CRB (Copyright Royalty Board) is cut out from this round of negotiations and Congress will be checking in from time to time to make sure things things stay fair and level.
"All of this happened because you persevered with phone calls to Congress. So Congrats, you've made a mark in history! You're all going to be broadcasting without any needless stress.
"We still need to shoot for the IREA (Internet Radio Equality Act) passed, because it will have a positive impact on future CRB rate settings and the IREA is still fresh on the minds on Congress. In fact we got a handful of new supporters yesterday, so we're up to 140 supporters between the House and Senate which is incredible for just a few months of lobbying. So please keep up the phone calls. They matter."
Some related news articles:
SoundExchange Tells Congress Webcasters Are To Keep Streaming
SoundExchange Will Not Enforce New Royalty Rates on Sunday
posted by Renee @ 12:17 PM
1 Comments:
i'm surprised there are no comments here yet. i actually submitted the online petition for this and peter roskam wrote me back a letter saying he was doing his best to fight it. i use the letter as a bookmark. rock! *d
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