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Copyright board leaves music royalty rate unchanged; Apple had threatened to shut iTunes

 

Published 10/2/2008 by


Associated Press at Apple

LOS ANGELES — The federal Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday left the royalty that songwriters receive on sales of CDs and digital downloads at 9.1 cents per song for the next five years. (link)

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