Saturday, October 31, 2009

What is the new law that will result in the removal of most legitimate Internet radio stations?

I heard a blip about this and am wondering what it's all about.
Answer:
The royalty rates the internet stations must pay for playing music have been dramatically raised, and the owners say this may make internet broadcasting economically not viable.
The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC has more than tripled the royalty rates for webcasters and left unchanged they will kill Internet radio. These exorbitant rates go into effect on May 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). Without Congressional action the majority of webcasters will go bankrupt and silent on this date. We need your help. Please take a moment to send a letter to your member of Congress to keep Net radio from being silenced.

http://savenetradio.org/
the democrat party is trying to bring back the fairness doctrine to squash the free speech they don't agree with.
It's about the RIAA and their search for greed.

Check out the myspace profile for more info.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...
It's just basically a royalty increase for the songs Internet radio stations play.

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