Seton Hall University eRepository @ Seton Hall Law School Student Scholarship Seton Hall Law 2010 The tS ate of Internet Radio in 2010 Adam Deutsch Seton Hall Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.shu.edu/student_scholarship Part of the Intellectual Property Law Commons, and the Internet Law Commons Recommended Citation Deutsch, Adam, "The tS ate of Internet Radio in 2010" (2010). Law School Student Scholarship. 35. https://scholarship.shu.edu/student_scholarship/35 DATE SUBMITTED: MAY 1, 2010 This paper is submitted in satisfaction of the Seton Hall Law School’s Advanced Writing Requirement. This paper is approved for AWR certification. E. Judson Jennings, Professor of Law The State of Internet Radio in 2010 AWR & Independent Study Adam Deutsch
[email protected] 2 | P a g e The State of Internet Radio in 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………….. 3 I. Overview of Copyrights in Sound Recordings……………………………………. 6 A. Music as Property, a Historical Perspective……………………………….. 7 B. Performing Rights Organizations; the PRO’s……………………………... 13 C. Record Companies…………………………………………………………. 17 II. The Important Role of Radio………………………………………………………. 20 A. Historical Rise of Radio and Federal Regulation………………………….. 20 B. Payola and the Recording Industry’s Relationship with Radio……………. 22 III. Introduction to Internet Radio and Digital Copyright Law……………………….. 28 A. Introduction to Internet Radio and the Technology that Drives it…………. 28 B. Digital Copyright Law……………………………………………………... 34 i. The Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998………………..35 ii. Subsequent Changes and Current Royalty Rates…………………... 43 IV. The Current Business Outlook for Webcasters…………………………………….. 48 V.