"More on the Copyright Royalty Board Decision on Internet Radio Music
Royalties"

Written Byavid Oxenford
On March 5, 2007 10:19 PM

"In response to David S above - a digital signal of an over-the-air
station is in fact subject to these royalties. When the royalties were
first adopted, the broadcasters claimed that their signals, when just
retransmitted on the Internet, were exempt, but the Copyright Office
and the Courts rejected that argument."

http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/arch...tml#discussion

Oh yes, DE ! And, it's not DRM ! :-)