{"id":3824,"date":"2013-11-29T14:21:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T14:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/11\/29\/pandora-abandons-its-royalty-slashing-irfa-legislation\/"},"modified":"2013-11-29T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T14:21:06","slug":"pandora-abandons-its-royalty-slashing-irfa-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/11\/29\/pandora-abandons-its-royalty-slashing-irfa-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandora Abandons Its Royalty-Slashing IRFA Legislation\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


This has been brewing for several weeks, but now it\u2019s official: after heavy opposition and destructively-bad PR, Pandora has decided to walk away from its Internet Radio Fairness Act, or IRFA. \u00a0The legislation, painted by Pandora founder Tim Westergren as a solution to equalize radio royalty rates and generate more income for everyone, was fiercely opposed as a mechanism to merely cheat artists through lowered royalty rates. <\/p>\n

Representative Jason Chaffetz, a major Pandora supporter, told The Hill<\/a> that another version of IRFA could hit the House floor. \u00a0But at this point, without Pandora\u2019s backing, the initiative seems completely dead. \u00a0Apple, which largely struck its own deals with rights owners, has little interest in this sideshow.<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t mean Pandora is giving up entirely, they just need to do it more quietly. \u00a0\u201dPandora will focus on other paths of resolution,\u201d a Pandora press person stated, while referring to an under-the-radar process involving the Copyright Royalty Board. \u00a0Pandora\u2019s Tim Westergren now has a policy of not corresponding with Digital Music News, based on \u2018unfavorable\u2019 coverage of IRFA, massive stock cashouts, and a very questionable campaign to rally artist support.<\/p>\n

Opponents came from all corners on this one, including a massive number of songwriters and artists. \u00a0The latter category included names like David Lowery and Pink Floyd, both of whom excoriated Pandora and Westergren for attempting to trick artists into debilitatingly-low royalty structures. \u00a0The recording industry, including the major labels, also opposed IRFA and successfully rallied public and artist opinion against Pandora\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n

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Source: Digital Music News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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