The IFPI has welcomed the decision by the High Court of Australia confirming that licence fees should be paid by commercial radio stations for recorded music they stream through internet simulcasts.

It was decided that simulcasts are not covered by the 1968 Copyright Act’s definition of a ‘broadcast’, and so license fees would have to be paid for the streams on top of existing broadcast fees.
 
The verdict follows a four year legal battle by music licensing company ...