macworld.com - 10/3/2008
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Looks like the iTunes Store won’t be shuttering its virtual doors after all. The Associated Press reported Thursday that the federal Copyright Royalty Board froze the royalty fees for songwriters on sales of CDs and digital downloads at its current 9.1 cents-per-song rate for the next five ...
news.cnet.com - 10/3/2008
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news.cnet.com —
The Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday froze the
rate that digital-music stores such as iTunes and RealNetworks'...
Rhapsody must pay music publishers. The three-member board that sets statutory copyright licenses e-mailed the Digital Media ...
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Royalty rate doesn't change for Apple, music retailers
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iTunes Store not to close as royalties are frozen
Phones Review —
... royalty of 9.1cents per song and it well remain at this level for the next five years; this decision by the federal Copyright Royalty Board definitely comes as a relief for companies such as Apple that sell music.
The federal Copyright Royalty Board was asked by the National Music Publishers’ Association to increase the royalty rate to 15 cents per song and such a raise in royalties could have meant the Apple iTunes Store making a loss and being forced to close.
Source – macworld
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Royalties remain stable and everybody's happy
MacUser —
... The proposal before the board would have raised the royalty rate on online music purchases to 15 cents per track from the current 9 cents. The board’s ruling instead left the rate as it is, though they did implement a 24 cent rate per sale of ringtone. So, if you want to support artists…buy ringtones? ...
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