Copyright Royalty Board Weighs Mechanical Royalties Increase

Posted on Oct 1, 2008

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is readying their decision on whether to increase the mechanical royalties on Digital Phonorecording Deliveries or in layman’s terms: paid music downloads. The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) wants to raise the rate from 9 cents to 15 cents per paid download. The CRB’s decision should be handed down this week. The DiMA, a online music retail trade group lead by Apple, actually...