[HAL9000]

The outrageous thing is that the royalty clearinghouse was given the power to extract fees from Internet radio stations regardless of whether they were owed or not.

You could start your own internet radio station, playing only your own original music that you composed and performed. Under the law, you owe fees. It's a racket.

[coydog]

On what legal basis could they do that? What power do they have to charge you for your own content?