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ROYALTIES, ORPHANS & CZARS


05/17/2008 The final phase of the Copyright Royalty Board trial to set publishing royalty rates is now under way. The rebuttal phase of the CRB trial, which will set statutory mechanical and digital rates for compositions reproduced for CDs, downloads and other products, kicked off May 6. Music publishers and songwriters on one side and record labels and digital music services on the other have been intensely negotiating behind the scenes since the initial trial phase ended in March (Billboard, March 15).

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