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The National Radio Board for the NAB met for over three hours today in Washington to discuss proposals on compromising with the RIAA's push to collect royalties from radio stations for playing music over the air.  Dennis Wharton, NAB Spokesman said the meeting was an educational update on the status of on going discussions with "musicFirst," the RIAA's collection arm.

Dennis explained, "The NAB Radio Board had a full and productive exchang...

Following the House Judiciary Committee several weeks ago the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would close a loophole in copyright law that would prevent record companies from demanding royalties for playing their music on the air. The MusicFirst coaltion, a lobbying group for the record industry issued a statement saying,

“Today we are one step closer to righting a wrong that has existed since the early days of radio; one step clos...