About 70 million people per month listen to Internet radio stations on their computers. That includes everything from paid subsciption services to your nextdoor neighbor who streams nothing but Christmas music 24/7 for free (there’s actually someone who does that).

But a recent court ruling upheld changes that were supposed to go into effect by today, dramatically increasing royalty rates for webcasting copyrighted music.

Could this spell the end for Internet radio?

News links for today’s audio:
new royalty rules announced in March
Congress refuses to get involved in dispute
new rules delayed by negotiations
Save Net Radio (advocacy group)

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Here’s your week in review. Only the important stuff, here.

Check out these links to items mentioned in the review:
Senator Stevens and his motorcycle
man-eating badgers
mp3 player in court
airport security bulletin

and, without further ado, enjoy:

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President Bush gave a press conference today, announcing the release of a White House report on the progress of the Iraqi government.

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As of this morning, the top 10 searches listed on The New York Times website:

1. sex
2. immigration
3. harry potter
4. china
5. iraq
6. health
7. india
8. supreme court
9. education
10. iphone

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