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1. Comment - Dissecting the Proposed Internet Radio Royalty Fees

   (Mar 9, 2007 - 3:05 PM)

   Of course your analysis will never come true because if the rates hold there will be few legal businesses streaming to pay the royalties.
   
   Your anaylsis shows how the willing buyer/willing seller rationale used by the CRP cannot be viewed in a vacuum. Internet can only survive if its cost of sales - in this case royalty fees - are near what broadcasters pay. With the added SoundExchange fees not paid by broadcasters, Internet doesn't stand a chance as a viable business. Only reasonable solution is for all non-interactive services to pay same royalty rates. In the case of SoundExchange fees, that means either $0 as currently paid by broadcasters, or some reasonable percent of revenue fee that is easily tracked,