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In 1995, Scott Bourne founded NetRadio.com as the world's first Internet-only radio network. NetRadio.com was a pioneer in Internet radio. It was the first Internet-only network to be licensed by ASCAP. NetRadio eventually went on to an IPO in October 1999. Most of the current Internet radio providers followed the path that NetRadio.com carved out in digital media.
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| title = A brief history of Virgin Radio
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With the advent of streaming RealAudio over HTTP, streaming became more accessible to a number of radio shows. One such show, ''[[Techedge Radio|TechEdge Radio]]'' in 1997, was broadcast in three formats – live on the radio, live from a RealAudio server and streamed from the web over HTTP. In 1998, the longest running internet radio show,<ref name="The Vinyl Lounge">{{cite web
| url = http://www.screensound.gov.au/
| publisher = National Film & Sound Archive
| date = September 20, 2010
| author = National Film & Sound Archive
| title = National Film & Sound Archive
| access-date = February 27, 2011 | archive-date = November 25, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101125050455/http://www.screensound.gov.au/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> ''The Vinyl Lounge'', began netcasting from Sydney, Australia, from Australia's first Internet radio station, NetFM (www.netfm.net). In 1999, Australian telco "Telstra" launched The Basement Internet Radio Station but it was later shut down in 2003 as it was not a viable business for the company. From 2000 onwards, most Internet radio stations increased their stream quality as bandwidth became more economical. Today{{when|date=May 2019}}, most stations stream between 64 kbit/s and 128 kbit/s providing near CD quality audio.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} As of 2017 the [[mobile app]] [[Radio Garden]], a research project of the [[Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision]], was streaming approximately 8,000 radio stations to a global audience.<ref name="Radio Garden">{{Cite web |url=http://www.creativeapplications.net/js/radio-garden-radio-in-the-age-of-globalisation-and-digitisation/ |title=Radio Garden – Radio in the age of globalisation and digitisation |last=Visnjic |first=Filip |date=2017-07-09 |website=Creative Applications Network}}</ref>
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<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stockment |first=Andrew |date=2009 |title=Internet Radio: The Case for a Technology Neutral Royalty Standard |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27759978 |journal=Virginia Law Review |volume=95 |issue=8 |pages=2129–2179 |issn=0042-6601}}</ref>
Some broadcasters did not participate, such as [[Last.fm]], which had just been purchased for US$280 million by [[CBS Music Group]].<ref>Duncan Riley (May 30, 2007). [https://techcrunch.com/2007/05/30/cbs-acquires-lastfm-for-280m/ CBS Acquires Europe’s Last.FM for $280 million] [[Techcrunch]]. Retrieved March 14, 2010.</ref> According to a Last.fm employee, they were unable to participate because participation "may compromise ongoing license negotiations."<ref>Russ Garrett (June 25, 2007). [http://www.last.fm/forum/23/_/296674/2#f4141933 Post by Russ on Last.fm Forum - Day of Silence, June 25, 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401114612/http://www.last.fm/forum/23/_/296674/2#f4141933 |date=April 1, 2015 }}. Retrieved June 24, 2012.</ref>
[[SoundExchange]], representing supporters of the increase in royalty rates, pointed out that the rates were flat from 1998 through 2005 (see above), without being increased to reflect cost-of-living increases. They also declared that if Internet radio is to build businesses from the product of recordings, the performers and owners of those recordings should receive fair compensation.
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