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Payola
on Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 08:38 PM Posted by: Admin
Radio Law
Payola: Should Internet Radio Stations Be Able to Accept Pay for Play While Over-the-Air Stations are Statutorily Precluded?

by Jennifer I. Swirsky, Candidate for JD, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, swirskyj@nsu.law.nova.edu

The Legal History of Payola

The first introduction of legal retribution for accepting payola was in the sixties when a man was indicted for accepting money to play an artist’s music.[1] Subsequent to his indictment, a statute was passed making it a misdemeanor to engage in the activity of accepting payola, punishable “by up to $10,000 in fines and one year in prison.”[2]

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