Whatever happens with web radio from this point forward will depend on whatever concessions webcasters can wrest from SoundExchange and the record labels that back it.
DC To Webcasters: Drop Dead
SaveNetRadio coalition had hopes a Democratic majority might help it stave off a crippling royalty increase, they can probably pack those hopes in a sack, add a couple of bricks, and drop it into the Potomac.
Clarke hasn't heard "what the win-win is" with the issue. Gosh, Congressperson, haven't you ever heard of a compromise?
A number of Representatives have backed a bill, referred to as the Internet Radio Equality Act, and a similar measure is making the rounds of the Senate. Negotiations may still bear fruit, too.
"We might now be at the beginning of real negotiations with SoundExchange," Ian Rogers, general manager of Yahoo Music, said in the report. He commented on the issue of
As far as Internet users are concerned, it's been a crummy week. The
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