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June 25, 2007
Tuesday June 26, Internet radio goes silent.
From my friend Mary McCann, the Bone Mama:
Thousands of Internet radio stations are going silent to protest a grossly unfair copyright fee being assessed to Internet radio, a fee that is so enormous that this one fee alone often adds up to over 100% of a company’s total revenue. Wack, huh? Broadcast radio is exempt from the fee and satellite radio pays a small percentage of their revenue for the same fee. It’s unfair and one act in congress can overturn it and give the small businesses of Internet radio parity with satellite radio fees.
That is the Internet Radio Equality Act and it’s working it’s way through congress but not fast enough. Our bill for this fee comes due on July 15 (retroactive to Jan. 2006) so we need co-sponsors right away and that’s where you come in. Pick up the phone and call today. We know this action works. With the support of our listeners we have gotten over 120 co sponsors on the House side but on the senate side we are sorely lacking.
Please call your senators and representative in the house. Get their numbers at congress.org just by putting in your zip code. Call their regional office or their D.C. office or both. Ask for the staffer in charge of internet issues and tell him you want your lawmaker to co sponsor the Internet radio equality act. Tell them how much it means to you. More information is available at savenetradio.org. The law as it stands now is bad for artists, indie labels and small business.
Posted by mbolas at June 25, 2007 4:04 PM
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