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	<title><![CDATA[Online Radio Stations Strike Royalties Deal With Music Labels]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/online-radio-stations-str_n_227206.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON &amp;mdash; The future of Internet radio appears more secure after a handful of online stations reached an agreement Tuesday to head off a potentially crippling increase in copyright royalty rates.</p>

<p>The deal is the product of two years of negotiations between webcasters and copyright holders. In March 2007, a ruling by the federal Copyright Royalty Board dramatically raised the rates that Internet radio stations must pay artists and recording labels _ leading many online radio stations to warn that the...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-07-07T15:06:00-04:00</date_published>
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