Why Should Webcasters Pay 25% Of Revenue To Promote Musicians?

Courtesy Techdirt  Tue, 07/07/2009 - 19:00

After years of back and forth negotiating (and more than a couple public spats), it appears that SoundExchange and music webcasters like Pandora have finally worked out an agreement on webcasting rates .

If you don't recall, the Copyright Royalty Board assigned absolutely ridiculous royalty rates a few years ago, which seemed to have no bearing on reality (random aside: no one has yet explained why we feel it's okay for a small group of judges to determine what...

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