House Passes Webcaster Act
A ray of hope has been passed to Pandora and other web broadcasting services.
Pandora founder Tim Westergren issued a “call to arms” to its listeners. He pleaded with fans and supporters of the popular music-streaming service to urge their State Representative to vote for the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008.
This Act would give web radio broadcasters more time to negotiate outrageous royalty fees that have caused some to go out of business and put many more under the same pressure. That bill has been passed in the House.
According to CNet, the NAB dropped their efforts to eliminate the bill after a Saturday night meeting with Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) that addressed some of the groups concerns. They didn’t stop their either. The NAB has expressed that they will not oppose the bill when it moves to the Senate.
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