[Sosfbay-discuss] save internet radio

[Andrea Dorey]

There seems to be a 3-pronged attack on indie media and this is one  
of those prongs.  The other two:  see my email on the 15th about  
"Video Testing" which is aimed at public access TV (PEG) and the  
emails from two of us regarding proposed postage increases on indie  
mags--see <stoppostalratehikes.com> for more info on the latter.   
It's serious, GP colleagues!!
Andrea

On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:58 PM, E. Alan Meece wrote:

> We are looking into internet radio at KKUP, but may not be able to if
> congress doesn't act soon. Here's a notice I got:
>
>
> I suppose most have already heard about this but I've not seen  
> anything
> mentioned here about what is happening to Internet Radio. I  
> received an
> email from Pandora about unfair copyright fees placed on IR and  
> thought
> I
> would forward this along to those who haven't heard...
>
> Please sign the petition urging your Congressional representative  
> to act
> to
> save Internet radio:
>
> http://capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541
>
> <snip - Letter from Pandora Radio>
>
> Hi, it's Tim from Pandora,
>
> I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and  
> all
> of
> Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the
> Copyright
> Royalty Board in Washington, DC to almost triple the licensing fees  
> for
> Internet radio sites like Pandora. The new royalty rates are
> irrationally
> high, more than four times what satellite radio pays and broadcast  
> radio
> doesn't pay these at all. Left unchanged, these new royalties will  
> kill
> every Internet radio site, including Pandora.
>
> In response to these new and unfair fees, we have formed the
> SaveNetRadio
> Coalition, a group that includes listeners, artists, labels and
> webcasters.
> I hope that you will consider joining us.
>
> Please sign our petition urging your Congressional representative  
> to act
> to
> save Internet radio:
> http://capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541
>
> Please feel free to forward this link/email to your friends - the more
> petitioners we can get, the better.
>
> Understand that we are fully supportive of paying royalties to the
> artists
> whose music we play, and have done so since our inception. As a former
> touring musician myself, I'm no stranger to the challenges facing
> working
> musicians. The issue we have with the recent ruling is that it puts  
> the
> cost of streaming far out of the range of ANY webcaster's business
> potential.
>
> I hope you'll take just a few minutes to sign our petition - it WILL
> make a
> difference. As a young industry, we do not have the lobbying power of
> the
> RIAA. You, our listeners, are by far our biggest and most influential
> allies.
>
> As always, and now more than ever, thank you for your support.
>
> -Tim Westergren
>
> (Pandora founder)
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