Still No Royalty Deal for Streaming Music Sites
The fate of Internet radio is still up in the air.
Web sites that stream music have been fighting with the recording industry for two years over the royalties that the sites must pay for each song they play. Under last year’s Webcaster Settlement Act, the two sides had until last Sunday to reach an agreement. Simulcasters - FM and AM radio stations that also stream music over the Web - came to an agreement with the industry on Monday. But despite negotiating all weekend, independent Internet radio services like Pandora and Yahoo Music have so far failed to reach a deal.
The disagreement is over the per-song fee, set to increase to 0.19 cents a song next year, that the Copyright Royalty Board has mandated that the Web sites must pay. The Web sites have argued that the rate would put them out of business. Instead of a per-song fee, many have argued, they should pay record labels a percentage of their revenue each year.
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i often use a streaming audio recorder to download streaming music from pandora internet radio while listening. According to the virtual sound card, the music quality is very good.
http://www.flash-on-tv.com/streaming-audio-recorder.html#124
Works well.