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2 May
The Copyright Royalty Board has published a new fee schedule for FCC licensed stations, including college radio stations. The fees are the result of a rate setting process before the Copyright Royalty Board which resulted in numerous settlements. The settlements relevant to college radio stations were negotiated by the American Council on Education (ACE) and […]
READ MORE20 Dec
Student stations achieved a victory in the webcasting arena! The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) agreed to adopt a settlement between CBI and SoundExchange that does not raise the minimum fee which all most student stations’ pay and provides much needed relief from burdensome recordkeeping requirements. See our press release on this topic. While these rates […]
READ MORE25 Apr
Webcasting issues can be confusing. With different audio/radio stations paying different rates (commercial, “pureplay”, NPR and college/school stations, you will likely read and hear about many different fee structures and recordkeeping/reporting requirements. CBI sets the facts straight with respect to stations at schools and colleges that are not NPR/CPB qualified on our webcasting pages. Despite […]
READ MORE15 Oct
New reporting requirements announced for webcasters. Educationally affiliated stations that are not CPB qualified have options because of CBI.
READ MORE21 Apr
In order to help the CRJs understand how these proposed changes to recordkeeping and reports of use will impact your station, CBI is developing a survey to gather information from all educational, even if they are not currently webcasting. The survey should be released by the end of the week and a link will be posted to the site, to the CBI email lists and sent via email to stations across the nation. CBI knows that this is a very busy time of year, so we have kept the survey as short as possible in order to gather as many responses as possible. If you do not receive email by the end of the week with a link to the survey, please come back to the site for the link!
READ MORE30 Jan
On December 30, 2008, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking . The notice contained at least three substantial changes to the current recordkeeping procedures used college and high school webcasters that do not pay any more than the minimum fee to SoundExchange. One of these changes include a switch from […]
READ MORE12 Jan
There are a number of big things on the horizon for college stations that webcast soundrecordings either as a simulcast of their broadcast or as their sole means of reaching an audience, including those who want to start a webcast. 1. 2009 royalty payments to SoundExchange are due by 1/31/2009. Many, but not all stations […]
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