New Congressional Bill Seeks To Limit Webcast Royalties.

Congressmen Jay Inslee (D-Wa), Rick Boucher (D-Va) and George Nethercutt (R-Wa) introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives last week that would limit the number of webcasters that have to pay the controversial new royalty rates. Called the Internet Radio Fairness Act, the proposed legislation would exempt any webcaster with revenues of less than $6 million a year from paying the royalty "tax."

Inslee figures that "small web radio stations are bearing an unfair burden."

In June the US Copyright Office set off a backlash when it fixed the royalty rat