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Congress Approves Web Radio Royalty Deal

The U.S. Congress approved a deal early Friday morning that would allow small Internet-based radio stations to pay lower royalty rates to the musicians and record labels whose songs they use.

The move amounts to a stay of execution for many smaller “Webcasters,” who had feared the established royalty rate that went into effect Oct. 20 would have forced them offline, narrowing the market to a few large players like America Online

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