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Radio listeners in Bulgaria can now listening to modern music again. For the past two months, they could only to music that over 70 years old. A dispute over copyright the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) could not any pop music. Listeners could only to classical music or folk songs that were before World War II. In the European Union, copyright 70 years after an artist's death. BNR has now signed a deal with the copyright organization. In the deal, BNR will more royalty fees. A part of these fees goes to the singer, band, composer or songwriter of a song or a piece of music. Every time the radio a song, it must pay royalties to the artist.

Something surprising during the two-month dispute over copyright and royalties. The number of listeners to BNR's shows by 20 per cent. After the radio station playing only Bulgarian folk tunes, classical music and pre-war jazz, more people started listening to the radio. It many listeners are more interested in listening to older music than Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. BNR is now about changing its music programming. BNR boss Aleksandar Velev there could even new radio stations. Mr Velev reporters: "We will not the profiles of the current radio shows. Instead, we will new radio stations with more types of music."