 RAIN 04/18 NEWS: CBS HD2s & 3s WILL STREAM ON AOL RADIO, MORE RAIN SUMMIT RECAPS ·Apr 18, 10:56 AM EVERY CBS RADIO HD MULTICAST TO BE STREAMED ON AOL RADIO: Inside Radio reports RAIN SUMMIT RECAP: ROYALTY UPDATE: Broadcast attorney David Oxenford, who
 that there’s really no sign they’ll be resolved any time soon, and even that it will be time to file for the next round of royalty proceedings at the end of this year. Webcasters’ and broadcasters’ appeals are pending, but not anywhere close to a resolution (Oxenford said not to expect a decision until next year). And of course, the legislation know as the Internet Radio Equality Act is still pending. He concluded with the point that the RIAA and SoundExchange are making their claim for a sound recording royalty for AM/FM radio based on “fairness” (‘Internet and satellite radio pay, AM and FM should too.’). Included in the labels’ proposal for a broadcast radio royalty is an allowance for radio stations making $1.25 million or less to pay a simple $5,000 annual fee. Under current webcasting royalty rates, a webcaster making $1.25 million would pay 20 times that for the same rights to the same music. Where’s the fairness in that?
RIAA SPENT $2.8 MILLION LOBBYING CONGRESS IN 2007: According to required disclosures for lobbyists, the RIAA spent $2.8 million to bend the ears of D.C. lawmakers last year. Certainly the major label lobby group’s favorite topics included demanding sound recording royalties from AM/FM radio, justifying disabling royalties for the webcasting industry, and requests for anti-piracy laws. The group spent $2.1 million during the second half of 2007 alone. RAIN SUMMIT RECAP: WHAT’S NEW AND COOL, PT. 1: Katz Net Radio Sales president CONNECT NEW GRAND PIANO TO NET, SIT BACK AND LISTEN: The New York Times yesterday share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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represents small commercial webcasters in the copyright royalty proceedings, said he wished he could bring some news of progress to the Summit. But the fact of the matter is webcasters and broadcasters aren’t really in any different a position than they were a year ago when the 
Jennifer Lane said she relished her role as moderator of this panel and the opportunity to talk about things “new and cool,” following Dave Oxenford’s speech which brought up the frustrations of the royalty debacle. Sam Abadir, 
wrote about the Yamaha Disklavier Mark IV, a grand piano that connects to the Internet and can automatically play a continuous stream of songs based on data fed to it — in other words, a piano music Internet radio station! What’s more, “you can buy live piano parts that are designed to play along with existing CD albums. For example, as your own Elton John CD plays through the Disklavier’s speakers (or your stereo system), the keys come to life, playing the piano part along with the recording,” writes David Pogue. He reviews the piano (with video), 
