[x-pubpol] Australia; Record labels win online radio royalties appeal

[Joly MacFie]

http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/record_labels_win_online_radio_royalties_sa5v7ZAdBu0rXjhCM5i10L

Radio stations will be required to negotiate a new, separate licence
for internet simulcasting that will not be subject to the statutory
cap which limits to one per cent of their gross income the maximum
amount commercial radio operators can be asked to pay for broadcasting
music.

A unanimous judgment by the full bench of the Federal Court, which
overturned a previous ruling, found that simulcasting radio programs
over the internet fell outside the definition of a broadcast under the
Copyright Act and Broadcasting Services Act.

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