The law arrives in Wild West of Webcasts
 

*Source: IHT (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/.../radio14.php)*
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PARIS: Since Pandora.com closed its box of digital musical delights this month to users outside the United States, the eulogies for the popular American radio Webcaster have been pouring in from Dubai to Patagonia.

It is "a step back to the dark ages in the music world!" fumed Mario from Mexico City. "No por favor!" declared a user from Spain. "Why can't they leave us in peace?"

With 6.5 million registered users, Pandora stands at the vanguard of the sprawling, global Internet radio market. But Webcasters are suffering severe growing pains in the form of a looming increase in U.S. royalty rates and the free-wheeling atmosphere of the Wild West with competing collection agencies all over the world in search of royalties.

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