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Below is the total monthly costs Sirius XM Subscribers will be paying based on the plan they have chosen.
SUBSCRIPTION PLAN MONTHLY MRF
XM Everything plus Sirius Best Of $1.98 Per Month
XM Everything plus Sirius Best Of (Family Friendly) $1.83 per Month
Additional Radios (Multi Radio Discount Packages) $.97 Per Month
Mostly Music $1.53 Per Month
News Sports and Talk No Fee
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Sirius XM is sending out the letters to subscribers today about the Music Royalty Increases. Here is all the info (which we already posted about):
Thank you for being a SIRIUS subscriber. We are dedicated to providing our subscribers with the best programming and listener experience available on radio today. As part of this commitment, we have an important update regarding your SIRIUS subscription.
Music royalty rights were established by the U.S. Congress as part of the Copyright Act. This Act requires payment of copyright music royalties to recording artists, musicians and recording companies who hold copyrights in sound recordings.
These royalties have recently increased dramatically, principally as a result of a decision made by the Copyright Royalty Board, which is designated by the Library of Congress to set royalty rates for sound recordings. Beginning on July 29, 2009, a “U.S. Music Royalty Fee” of $1.98/month* for primary subscriptions and $.97/month* for multi-receiver subscriptions will be effective upon your next renewal. This fee will be used directly to offset increased payments from SIRIUS XM to the recording industry.
Unfortunately, we cannot control the Copyright Royalty Board’s rate increase, but we can offer you ways to save on your subscription. The longer your subscription, the more you save!
Thank you for being a loyal SIRIUS listener and we hope you continue to enjoy the unparalleled listening experience SIRIUS provides.
Joe Zarella
Chief Service Officer
SIRIUS XM Radio
P.S. Questions about the U.S. Music Royalty Fee? Please visit sirius.com/usmusicroyalty for additional information.
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A post by AnonymousXM on XMFan.com reveals that Sirius XM may be getting ready to charge consumer and fleet accounts a royalty fee starting July 15 2009.
In the post AnonymousXM states:
The US Music Royalty Fee will be applied to all music subscriptions that SIRIUS XM offers. The
fee will be implemented on July 29th, 2009. The existing Subscriber base will receive this fee
on their first billing after this date. The fee will be applied to all satellite plans with music content
on a Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual and all Annual Savings Plans. Lifetime Subscribers, who
have purchased prior to July 29th, will never receive the US Music Royalty Fee. Since the online
products are not satellite based they will not incur the U.S. Music Royalty Fee. Once the fee is
introduced on July 29th, any new activation or conversion will include the fee. As we go through
this training, you will gain a better understanding of how this fee is applied and how to explain it
to the Subscribers. We will be going through different scenarios so you can understand why we
are passing this fee onto our Subscribers, how to diffuse irate Subscribers, and how the
Subscriber can truly benefit by adding longer term plans.
Subscriptions at a rate of $12.95 will be charged a $1.98 monthly, for the US Music
Royalty Fee
Subscriptions with multiple radios will be charged $0.97 monthly, for the US Music
Royalty Fee
Mostly Music plans at $9.99 will be charged a US Music Royalty Fee of $1.53.
Those of you with a lifetime subscription will not be seeing any of these charges.
Not sure if this new is 100% true or not, but thought I would report on it anyways.
Would love to know everyones thoughts on this. Leave a comment below and check out the link to XMFan.com for more info.