NPR fights back

Go Npr! This is just another thinly disguised attempt to control the internet.

clipped from arstechnica.com NPR fights back, seeks rehearing on Internet radio royalty increases By Jacqui Cheng | Published: March 20, 2007 - 11:05PM CT "The new rates inexplicably break with the longstanding tradition of recognizing public radio's non-commercial, non-profit role, while the procedures we're being asked to now undertake for measurement are non-existent, arbitrary and costly," said NPR's Vice President for Communications Andi Sporkin in a statement. "In its decision, the Board has attempted to equate public radio with commercial radio, which we are not. Instead, public radio is driven by a public service mission on behalf of underserved and unserved audiences; in our internet music efforts, those audiences include both listeners and the music community that seeks public radio to reach those listeners. We hope the Board will reconsider." National Public Radio (NPR) is leading the fight back against the Copyright Royalty Board's (CRB) recent decision to raise royalty rates for Internet radio stations.