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A Break For Music Sites - UK Royalty Body Slashes Streaming Rates

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May 26, 2009

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British royalty collector PRS For Music has bowed to websites' pleas for smaller charges, more than halving its on-demand streaming music rate from £0.0022 ($0.0035) to £0.00085 ($0.00135) per track, effective July 1 and lasting for three years.

Sites including We7 and YouTube told us in the last few months the rates were excessive, especially as their popularity takes off but their advertising models begin to look challenged; YouTube stopped streaming premium music to the UK in March over the issue. Now PRS has effectively heeded sites' argument that the music biz can make more money overall from the growing number of new online services if it drops its rates. Get the detail at paidContent:UK...