The recording industry group that is responsible for collecting the new outrageous fees from Internet radio stations – they pay per channel, as if “channels” made a lot of sense for build-your-own-stream sites like Pandora – has decided not to start collecting the stated fees, subject to negotiations. (See Salon.)

Good news…except how comfortable are you with Congress handing his power to the recording industry? On the other hand, Pandora’s Tim Westergren sees this as a victory for the people: Congress stepped in (and Ed Markey’s the guy, which is a good thing) because you and I complained so loudly.

We’ll see. In any case, it’s better than the shutdown we were facing. [Tags: internet_radio pandora politics media ]

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