The U.S.District Court for the District of Columbia has rules that the Copyright Royalty Board is constitutional.  The decision ends for now a long-running controversy over the legitimacy of the CRB, which sets royalty rates that webcasters pay to copyright owner-rates that webcasters see as excessively high and threat to the industry.  The entire ruling, provided by Pillsbury Law, is available below.

On Tuesday, March 2, 2010,  the Senate passed a 30-day extension for SHVERA/STELA. The language allowing for the 5-year reauthorization is in the jobs package which is expected to be addressed by the end of this week or at some point next week.  IBA will publish more details when available.

The Illinois General Eelction date is November 2, 2010.  The LUC window for that election opens September 3, 2010, 60 days prior to election day.

Your voice was heard on Capitol Hill!

WASHINGTON -- More than 400 radio and television broadcasters are gathering in Washington, DC this week for the NAB State Leadership Conference.