Legal Research

Royalty Rates Unchanged

By Dallas Association of Law Librarians

October 2, 2008 1:02 PM PDT
Royalty rate doesn't change for Apple, music retailers
Posted by Greg Sandoval

The Copyright Royalty Board on Thursday froze the rate that digital-music stores such as iTunes and RealNetworks' Rhapsody must pay music publishers.

The three-member board that sets statutory copyright licenses e-mailed the Digital Media Association (DiMA), the National Music Publishers' Association, Apple, and other download stores with its decision to keep the royalty rate at 9.1 cents a song. The board also set the same rate for CDs and established a 24-cent rate for ringtones. The decision is the first time the board has established royalty rates for digital downloads. The rates are set for the next five years. (cont.)

Full post as published by Lex Scripta on October 03, 2008 (boomark / email).