SaveNetRadio Gives Lobbying Effort All That Jazz
SaveNetRadio has signed up several jazz legends to persuade Congress to strike down the new rate hike. The group solicited the Jazz community during Jazz Fest in New Orleans this week and is urging Congress to adopt the Internet Radio Equality Act, which would void the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision for all webcasters, large and small, and adopt a new way to calculate royalties for online broadcasters. In a letter to House...
Ultra To Exit eMusic
Ultra will sever relations with eMusic due to modification to their payment schedule to record labels. The departure follows Victory Records, which left recently over the same issue. Several other labels in the eMusic family are rumored to be bailing as well. Further action inside the online retailers reveals that the labels may have something to gripe about. Ray Farrell, part of the original “cuddly” label development...






