Why Did Pandora Sign Away Its Right To Petition The Copyright Ro...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 16:22

It's already quite troubling that Pandora appears to be supporting the RIAA bailout tax against radios (Pandora's competitors), but now we have a better understanding of why, thanks to a little birdie who highlighted what's going on.

Among the nasty little hidden gems in the recently agreed to webcaster settlement agreement (pdf) is that, if you want the lower rates in the settlement, you have to remove any objections to previous rate arbitrations and not participate in...

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