] Internet music broadcasters and the record industry
] agreed Thursday to settle their long-running dispute over
] how much big webcasters must pay to broadcast songs over
] the Internet. The deal calls for webcasters including
] Yahoo!, America Online, Microsoft and RealNetworks to pay
] slightly lower per-song royalty fees than those imposed
] last year by the U.S. Copyright Office, which still must
] sign off on the agreement.

Webcast royalty rates deal reached