Label-broadcaster talks on music royalties are a “backroom scheme of...
Label-broadcaster talks on music royalties are a “backroom scheme of the NAB and RIAA to have Congress mandate broadcast radios in portable devices,” CEA President Gary Shapiro said Monday. He and CTIA have opposed any part of a potential performance…
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royalty settlement between radio stations and music labels that would ask Congress to require cellphones to have FM chips (CD Aug 16 p5). “The performance royalty legislation voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee does not include this onerous and backward-looking radio requirement,” Shapiro continued. “Forced inclusion of an additional antenna, processor and radio receiver will compromise features that consumers truly desire, such as long battery life and light weight.”