This is old news but I missed it back in October.
The Copyright Board of Canada has made their ruling on payments for Internet radio, and, while it is not that great, it could have been far worse. Socan, the body that collects payments for broadcasting or performing most music in Canada had asked the board for ridiculously high fees. In the absence of a ruling, however, Internet broadcasters are retroactively liable for what they broadcast – and who knew what that could be.
The fees you need to legally broadcast Internet radio (or music podcast) are: $100 per year plus 1.5% of the revenue received from each ‘page view’ that plays music or music stream. Full details are here [PDF]
Let the legal Canadian music websites begin.