Webcasters to Report and Pay: "In a move welcomed by the recording industry—and less warmly received by webcasters—the federal government will require Internet radio stations to record their playlists and make royalty payments to artists and labels.

"The new rules, announced last week by the Copyright Office of the U.S. Library of Congress, are the culmination of more than two years of discussions between the government, music labels, and satellite and Internet radio stations over royalty payments. The rulemaking resolves one of the main points of contention: how much data stations must provide about the music they play."