Senator Wyden, joined by Senator Brownback, today introduced a bill designed to nullify the Copyright Royalty Board’s recent ruling, which raises music licensing fees precipitously and threatens to put a lot of webcasters out of business. The bill, call
Royalty fees are retroactive to October 1998. According to Internet radio industry figures, a midsize independent Webcaster with an average audience of 1,000 would owe $525,600.