From the people who brought you suing their customers you now have "performance fees" for terrestrial radio.
Their argument goes: satellite and Internet must pay a performance fee, so the nation's AM and FM stations should, too. These extra fees -- in addition to music licensing charges -- could seriously impact the radio industry as it fights for a place in the digital world.
But what groups like Music First coalition are guaranteeing is their further demise as well.
The record industry is in worse shape than radio. This desperate last-ditch attempt to&hellip
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