Internet radio dealt severe blow as Copyright Board rejects appeal: "A panel of judges at the Copyright Royalty Board has denied a request from the NPR and a number of other webcasters to reconsider a March ruling that would force Internet radio services to pay crippling royalties. The panel's ruling reaffirmed the original CRB decision in every respect, with the exception of how the royalties will be calculated. Instead of charging a royalty for each time a song is heard by a listener online, Internet broadcasters will be able pay royalties based on average listening hours through the end of 2008.
The ruling is a huge blow to online broadcasters, and the new royalty structure could knock a large number of them off the 'Net entirely."
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