Senators Ron Wyden, Democrat OR., and Sam Brownback, Republican KS., unveiled a Senate version of the Internet Radio Equality Act. A companion to the bill’s namesake in the House of Representatives, both bills will throw out all webcasting rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board.
“Our bill is about standing up for folks ranging from a small webcaster in a basement in Corvallis to an innovative startup in Beaverton to a new band trying to be heard in Portland to a huge music fan in Coos Bay,” Wyden said in a statement. “Keeping Internet radio alive is part of a broader issue that is important to me — keeping the e-commerce engine running by preventing discrimination against it.”http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i972607249304ed5647417df41c980f1a
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