"It was hard to set a rate in a vacuum," said Cary Sherman, general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America.
Set a rate that covers professional help, ample coffee and tea, a decent lunch or dinner, plus a contingency.
The chancellor George Osborne set a rate of £7.20 per hour for all workers aged 25 and older, which came into force on April 1 , 2016
There was the struggle with the Thatcher government over rate-capping that could have had serious consequences for senior figures such as Morrell who wanted, in protest over capping, the GLC to refuse to set a rate.
Mr Livingstone faced hostile questioning at yesterday's meeting over his part in the GLC Labour group's recent decision to set a rate in opposition to the London Labour Party's agreed strategy against rate-capping.
Mr McDonnell and nine other councillors last month voted not to set a rate, even though their action meant that a reduced spending package was voted through by Tory, Alliance, and rightwing Labour councillors.
The Copyright Office, unsure how to stretch old law around new technology, collected public comments on the subject, but has yet to make a ruling or set a rate.
In 2009, the Swedish central bank, the Riksbank, surprised many when it set a rate of -0.25%.
When a private practitioner sets a rate for $200 for a therapy session, it is easily discernible who his or her target clientele will be.
For each set a rate was calculated by dividing the number of persons with stomach cancer by the number of persons in the denominator.
