Reuters: Pandora Media said it will appeal a rate court ruling that could force the company to pay higher royalties to BMI for music licenses. Music licensing group BMI sued the Internet radio service two years ago, demanding a higher royalty for licenses. BMI said the New York Rate Court ruled in its favor and agreed that the royalty rate of 2.5 percent of revenue was “reasonable, and indeed at the low end of the range of fees of recent licenses.”