All music played by WRN is in full compliance with all provisions of DMCA requirements.

WRN pays fees to the industry groups ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC (who represent songwriters & publishers) in very much the same way that an AM or FM station does. These fees are distributed to songwriters & publishers based on periodic airplay surveys & reports.

In addition, Internet radio stations are subject to additional copyright fees (performace royalties), paid to yet another industry group called SoundExchange. They represent performers and record companies - mostly the latter, since they are a de-facto arm of the infamous Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). WRN pays a surprisingly hefty fee to SoundExchange each year, which is distributed to artists and record labels.

AM & FM Broadcast stations in the US are not required to pay performance royalties at all (though they do in Europe & elsewhere). Satellite broadcasters like XM & Sirius pay them, but at a significantly lower rate than Internet stations like WRN.

Due primarily to our lack of clout with the US Congress and the Copyright Office, legally operated Internet stations like WRN pay the highest royalty rates - by far - of any class of broadcaster in the US.