A new deal between the record industry and the growing number of digital music providers will keep online radio going. Sites like Pandora.com will pay 10.5% in copyright fees to stream music from their site. Initially proposed fee increases would have put several free Web-based streaming music channels out of business. It also met with outrage from fans of online radio, who like commercial-free music that they choose. Five major groups worked together to create the agreement. Read more from PCMagazine.com.
Copyright is part of everyday life, thanks to the proliferation of material available on the Web. What should you know before signing on to a file-sharing site, or posting content from another publication on your blog? Host Angela Wilson delves deeply into copyright with attorney Annette Heller in this Law in Your Life podcast.
