Yahoo Wins U.S. Court Ruling Over Webcasting Fees

[stationless listener]

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/21/technology/tech-us-webcasting-ruling.html?_r=2&scp=10&sq=radio&st=cse

Moot point, since CBS now runs their service.

[doxenford]

Not really moot, as it applies to the royalties that Launchcast pays, no matter who owns them.  And it has some applicability to all webcasters who have any degree of interactivity in their streams.

See my summary of the case:

http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2009/08/articles/internet-radio/court-of-appeals-determines-that-launchcast-is-not-an-interactive-service-thus-not-needing-direct-licenses-from-the-record-labels/