Comments on: Pandora Ready to Pull the Plug http://theocmd.com/2008/08/20/pandora-ready-to-pull-the-plug/ Obsessive Compulsive Music Disorder :: An Indie Music Blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Important Letter from Pandora Founder, Tim Westergren « the OCMD http://theocmd.com/2008/08/20/pandora-ready-to-pull-the-plug/#comment-627 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:08:40 +0000 http://theocmd.wordpress.com/?p=536#comment-627 [...] Tim Westergren and felt it was important to share. I’m not sure how many of you are aware of Pandora’s woes. The Internet radio giant has been struggling financially under unfair legislation issued by the [...]

]]> By: Adrian http://theocmd.com/2008/08/20/pandora-ready-to-pull-the-plug/#comment-60 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:07:00 +0000 http://theocmd.wordpress.com/?p=536#comment-60 “What do traditional radio stations pay for royalties? Nothing…”

This isn’t technically right.

There are mechanical royalties and performance royalties. Mechanical royalties go to the songwriter (and the publishing company) and radio stations pay these. There are performance royalties that go to the recording artist and the record label–terrestrial radio stations don’t pay these, I believe.

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