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Trusted resource for radio, TV, webcasting, podcasting, and streaming information!
68 Years of continuous Service for over 1,000 USA IBS Members!
Trusted resource for radio, TV, webcasting, podcasting, and streaming information!
68 Years of continuous Service for over 1,000 USA IBS Members!
IBS represents ONLY IBS Members!
Join IBS Today, to have YOUR webcasting represented
by the IBS Washington, DC, LEGAL TEAM!
It pays to be an IBS Member!
IBS Membership has MANY Privileges!
BREAKING News! BREAKING News! BREAKING News!
Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 becomes law.
The new law says Webcasters and SoundExchange may negotiate
copyright rates and terms for eleven (11) years beginning January 1, 2005.
If the parties agree before February 15, 2009,
the new agreement(s) replace the CRB Decision(s).
Click here: PDF copy Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008Library of Congress Register of Copyrights
says CRB Webcasting Rate Decision is FLAWED!
See below: PDF copy of February 19, 2008, US Federal Register
US Court of Appeals Case:
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System vs. Copyright Royalty Board
Consolidated Case 07-1123
IBS vs. CRB (Case 07-1123) US Court of Appeals Schedule:
March 10, 2008 Appellants' Brief(s)
May 9, 2008 Appellee's Brief
May 29, 2008 Intervenor's Brief
June 26, 2008 Appellants' Reply Brief(s)
July 10, 2008 Deferred Appendix
July 24, 2008 Printed briefs
IBS & Appellants file briefs on March 10, 2008
(Copies - pdf- of public briefs are below)
Public Copy (pdf) of Joint Noncommercial Webcaster Brief
IBS - NPR - NRBNLC - CB
click here
Public Copy (pdf) of Joint Commercial Webcaster Brief
DiMA - ACCURADIO, LLC, DIGITALLY IMPORTED, INC., RADIOIO.COM LLC, AND RADIO PARADISE, INC.
click here
Public Copy (pdf) of Royalty Logic Brief
click here
Public Copy (pdf) of Broadcasters that webcast brief
including NAB Intervenor brief
click here
CRB, Copyright Royalty Board, in Washington, DC,
announces webcasting rates for 2006 - 2010, March 2, 2007.
IBS and performance copyright holders are in negotiation for copyright rates and terms for IBS Members for 2006 - 2010.
Some IBS Members May Decide to Defer Impracticable Royalty and Reporting Terms Pending Conclusion of IBS - RIAA/SoundExchange Negotiations
IBS Members should keep webcasting, enjoy the education benefits of webcasting, and relax.
IBS and SoundExchange are discussing fair, nondiscriminatory, reasonable, rates
for artists/labels for the use of their valuable performances by our 1,000 IBS Members.
We will also work out a reasonable, defensible, and economically practical system
to disburse IBS copyright fees to the labels/artists (recordkeeping/reporting).
It pays to be an IBS Member!
IBS Membership has MANY Privileges!
May 3, 2007, IBS Legal Team files a request for review (Appeal) Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, Inc., et al., vs. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB)
of Copyright Royalty Board, CRB, Decision of March 2, 2007,
to US Court of Appeals - DC Circuit (IBS vs. CRB Case # 07-1123)
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System vs. Copyright Royalty Board click here
Register of Copyright announcement that the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB)
rate and term decision of March 2007, is (fatally) flawed in reference to 112.
IBS has informed the US Department of Justice and they are considering the matter.
The CRB may be forced, either by the US Court of Appeals, or common sense,
to set aside the rates/terms for webcasting for 2006 - 2010 and rehear the case.
Consolidated Case 07-1123, the Court has granted a delay in the briefing schedule (submissions) for IBS
and all other parties until March 10, 2008.
Public Copy (pdf) of Joint Noncommercial Webcaster Brief
IBS - NPR - NRBNLC - CB
click here
Public Copy (pdf) of Joint Commercial Webcaster Brief
DiMA - ACCURADIO, LLC, DIGITALLY IMPORTED, INC., RADIOIO.COM LLC, AND RADIO PARADISE, INC.
click here
Public Copy (pdf) of Royalty Logic Brief
click here
Public Copy (pdf) of Broadcasters that webcast brief
including NAB Intervenor brief
click here
May 1, 2007, Federal Register today publishes, Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress, CRB Decision of March 2, 2007
May 21, 2007, Washington, DC, CRB/CRJ Orders!
May 9, 2007, U.S. SENATE introduces their version of Internet Radio Equality Act (S-1353) to to set aside CRB decision.
April 26, 2007, Internet Radio Equality Act H.R. 2060 is introduced in U.S. House of Representatives to set aside the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision.
March 2, 2007, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced its decision on Internet radio royalty rates, rejecting all of the arguments made by Webcasters and instead adopting the "per play" rate proposal put forth by SoundExchange, a digital music fee collection body created and controlled by the RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America.
April 16, 2007, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced its decision to deny all motions for rehearing the the CRJ determination of rates and terms. (see above)
The CRB did say the IBS Motion for relief from recordkeeping and reporting requirements established in the initial determination will be addressed in a future proceeding.
Commercial Rates ordered on March 2, 2007, by the CRJ are as follows:
2006 -- $.0008 per play
2007 -- $.0011 per play
2008 -- $.0014 per play
2009 -- $.0018 per play
2010 -- $.0019 per play
The minimum fee is $500 per channel per year.
For noncommercial webcasters, the fee will be $500 per channel,
for up to 159,140 ATH (aggregate tuning hours) per month.
Above 159,140 ATH all webcasters, noncommercial and commercial, pay the commercial rate.
1. IBS believes there is tremendous educational and operational value for educational stations to stream their audio (and video) signal over the Internet.
2. IBS believes every educational station should continue to stream their audio signal!
3. IBS believes the benefits of streaming/webcasting are so great that your radio station should continue to stream on the Internet even with DMCA copyright discussions taking place.
4. IBS believes that every station that is not now streaming should start streaming! Learning the techniques and technology of digital communications is vital for today's graduates. Competitive knowledge of Internet/ Webcasting communications is an important skill set in the world of today.
The value of streaming for an IBS Member Radio Station is:
Education-
To learn and practice the techniques and technology of digital communications. America's Sons and Daughters must compete in a global digital world. Vital communication skills are being learned by webcasting at USA schools and colleges.
Operations-
To be able to reach out to alumni, parents, friends and other audiences with information and programming that cannot be provided by other broadcasting technology.
Constitutional FREEDOM-
The right to free speech and expression of views by American Education Entities and their faculty and students is vital to a FREE United States of America. Our GREAT NATION cannot long endure if we allow a foreign controlled music oligopoly to shut down school and college webcasts with impossible to meet recordkeeping and unrealistic rates that apply to music and NON-MUSIC programming. Why should RIAA/SoundExchange be paid based on FREE SPEECH, non-music listenership?
Keep webcasting, learning and reaching out to a wider audience!
IBS will keep member stations informed.
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