Webcasting 'Day of Silence' Heard Worldwide

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*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/Webc...e/1182869687)*
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In protest of royalties fees which take effect next month, the amount of which has been recently estimated to surmount their revenues by nearly four times, America's largest and best-known streaming music sites, plus others worldwide, have gone silent for the day.

The sound of silence could grow familiar, some streamers are saying, if the US Copyright Royalty Board's recently imposed rate structure fails to be stayed by bills that are still before Congress.

This morning, Yahoo Music and LaunchCast, with the nation's second largest Internet radio audience, replaced all their music channels with links to SaveNetRadio.org, which represents the effort to stop the new performance royalty tier from being imposed. In a message on its music blog this morning, Yahoo Music's Ian C. Rogers states in unequivocal terms (http://yodel.yahoo.com/2007/06/25/ya...radio-silent/), his company will not continue to produce streaming music online if no legislative action is taken between now and July 15.

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