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The more things change? the more they stay the same? the mechanical royalty remains a matter of cents

By Nancy Prager

The Copyright Royalty Board, an administrative law court charged with setting license rates for compulsory licenses under the Copyright Act, issued its ruling in the first contested rate setting proceeding for the “mechanical royalty” this afternoon.  The mechanical royalty dates back to the 1909 Copyright Act when Congress set the rate that manufacturers of player [...]

Full post as published by Reasonable Balance on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).