Internet Radio Observes a Day of Silence
Attempting to draw more attention to the "Internet Radio Equality Act", many Internet radio stations are observing a day of silence today. Pandora is one of the more popular services, one which I use and love, and it too is silent today.
Pandora has posted a open letter to Internet radio users, written by Tim Westergren, here is a brief excerpt from that letter.
Ignoring all rationality and responding only to the lobbying of the RIAA, an arbitration committee in Washington DC has drastically increased the licensing fees Internet radio sites must pay to stream songs. Pandora's fees will triple, and are retroactive for eighteen months! Left unchanged by Congress, every day will be like today as internet radio sites start shutting down and the music dies.
A bill called the "Internet Radio Equality Act" has already been introduced in both the Senate (S. 1353) and House of Representatives (H.R. 2060) to fix the problem and save Internet radio--and Pandora--from obliteration.
Please contact your local representatives, and ask them to support the "Internet Radio Equality Act", you can find contact info for them here, and you can also visit www.savenetradio.org to see what else you can do.
More reading:
Help save Internet Radio - My Blog
"Internet Radio "Day of Silence" hushes thousands of stations" - ArsTechnica
"Radio Free Internet: Broadcasters Protest Rate Hikes With Silence" - Wired
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