A November 1994 Rolling Stones concert was the "first cyberspace multicast concert." Mick Jagger opened the concert by saying, "I wanna say a special welcome to everyone http://www.gracedigitalaudio.com/wireless-internet-radio-p-11.html that's, uh, climbed into the Internet tonight and, uh, deadbeat got into the M-bone. And I dream it doesn't all collapse."

According to a report by Club Net Radio released in March 2007[dead link], under the late rates, annual fees for all station owners are projected to reach $2.3 billion by 2008. This figure is more than four times that for traditional radio broadcasters who, due to terms brick wall forth in the 1998 Digital Millennium Corner Act, are exempt from the additional royalties imposed on digital broadcasting outlets, which compensate the performers and consume owners of recorded works. Both traditional radio and Internet/digital radio broadcasters are responsible for royalties collected by performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) on behalf of the composers of recorded works.