WASHINGTON - The Digital Media Association spent almost $1.1 million in 2007 lobbying on royalties paid by Internet radio stations, according to a disclosure form.
The trade group lobbied Congress in favor of legislation that would have nullified a decision by a three-judge copyright panel requiring Internet radio stations to pay a royalty rate that the industry argues is excessive, according to the form, posted online Feb. 13 by the Senate's public records office.
Small Web casters have said the higher rates would put many of them out of business, while larger companies, such as Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, said their revenues would be significantly lowered. Yahoo and AOL are members of the Digital Media Association, as are Amazon, Apple Inc., RealNetworks Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
The trade group spent almost $700,000 lobbying on the same issue in the second half of last year.
Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in 1995.
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