From: Politico
By Alex Byers
The Justice Department is poised to make changes to decades-old music industry regulations that could impose significant new costs on Pandora and other digital streaming services, according to five sources briefed by agency officials.
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The Justice Department, which has been reviewing the consent decrees since last June, is considering several other changes, including an update to the rate-court system to allow for alternative dispute resolution; new rules that would make it clearer who owns the rights to what songs, a major Pandora ask; and a shift that would allow songwriters to collect royalties through ASCAP and BMI when songs are downloaded or bought on CDs.