CelticChristianTunes.com Radio doomed?
Recently, the Copyright Royalty Board issued alarmingly high new royalty rates for Internet radio for the 2006-2010 period. The ruling increases record company royalties by 140% over 4 years and includes a $500 minimum fee per channel per year. If allowed to stand, this royalty rate WILL cause CelticChristianTunes.com to cease operation in its current form, and possibly shut us down altogether.
Though Live365 is appealing the new rates, the outcome of an appeal will take some time. In the meantime, the new rates go into effect immediately; Live365 must pay higher rates beginning March 5th. These new rates have forced them to make some changes to business policy regarding listening from the Live365 website in an effort to minimize royalties and help keep down the cost of broadcasting.
These changes include:
* VIP "Are you still there?" campaign: All VIPs will receive an "Are you still there?" prompt after 8 hours that they will then need to click or the broadcast will stop.
* Non-VIP "Are you still there?" campaign: Live365 will also be testing different maximum listening session lengths and reminders on some non-VIP listeners.
* Most broadcasts, including CelticChristianTunes.com Radio may not be eligible for iTunes listing.
* Disabling of direct 3rd party player listening from Live365 website: Listeners will need to keep the Live365 Player Window open if they wish to listen via 3rd party applications such as iTunes or Winamp.
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