Internet Broadcasters File Emergency Stay To Halt Rate Increase

The Digital Media Association, NPR and the Small Commercial Webcasters Group filed an emergency stay in the U.S. Court of Appeals to delay higher royalty rates for Internet radio broadcasters. The motion requests that the court delay the “radical and arbitrary” recording royalty rate increase imposed by the Copyright Royalty Board on May 1st. Legislation that would repeal the increase is pending in the U.S. Senate and...

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EastWest Announces Fab Four Virtual Instrument

EastWest has announced the Fab Four Virtual Instrument plug-in. This new release, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” is inspired by the sounds of the Beatles, using the same kind of period instruments and rare authentic EMI and other recording equipment the Beatles used to create their music, produced by Doug Rogers and engineered by Ken...

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