 DC appeals court sets schedule for briefs in royalties case ·Nov 20, 04:10 PM From David Oxenford’s Broadcast Law Blog: “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has set the briefing dates on the appeal filed by various webcasting groups [see RAIN coverage here] seeking review of the decision of the Copyright Royalty Board setting Internet radio royalties for the period 2006-2010 for the use of sound recordings [RAIN coverage here]. “The briefs of the various webcasting groups who appealed are due on February 25. The brief for the CRB (represented by the Department of Justice) is “As the Court usually takes a summer break in July and August, the argument is likely to be held in the Fall of 2008, and a decision would likely not come until very late in the year or, more likely, in 2009. “Appeals were filed by a number of groups including large webcasters… the small commercial webcasters (who I have represented), various noncommercial groups… and various commercial broadcasters who also stream… *“Royalty Logic, *which is seeking to become a collective that is competitive with SoundExchange, also filed an appeal… “Already, there has been a settlement announced on one narrow aspect of the case, the minimum fees for companies that stream multiple channels, limiting the per company minimum fee to $50,000. Obviously, if there are other settlements, these appeals could become unnecessary in whole or in part. See our summary of the remaining issues to be resolved here.” Taken from David Oxenford’s blog entry here. David Oxenford is a Washington, DC-based partner at the firm Davis Wright Tremaine who represents Internet radio stations and other webcasters on music licensing and other regulatory and transactional issues.
In the latter case, it is likely that Congress would simply set a royalty rate for Internet radio that matches satellite radio’s or cable radio’s rate. — KH share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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due on April 25, and that of SoundExchange (the ‘Intervenor’) will be filed on May 15. 
Reply briefs are due on June 12, and oral arguments are yet to be scheduled. 
