Internet Radio Device

Internet radio (also patent as matting radio, net radio, streaming radio and e-radio) is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is mainly referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. Internet radio involves a streaming medium that presents listeners with a continuous "stream" of audio over which they have no control, much like traditional broadcast media; in this respect, it is distinct from "on-demand" file serving. Internet radio is also distinct from podcasting, which involves downloading rather than streaming. Manifold Internet radio "stations" are associated with a corresponding traditional (or "terrestrial") radio station or radio network. Internet-only radio stations are independent of such associations.

In 2002, the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) ideology was initiated by the United States Congress in disposal to oversee decisions regarding royalty rates and terms, particularly in regard to digital assigning of audio. Bountiful webcasters believed the 2002 proposed royalty network to be overly burdensome and intended to disadvantage independent Internet-only stations. CARP was later phased out http://www.gracedigitalaudio.com/duploads/mini-sites/IR1000B/grace-wireless-internet-radio-stations.html in favor of the Distribution Reform Act of 2004.