phattonez
07-12-2007, 06:24 PM
I thought that this would be over with their last push, but it seems that those 3x licensing fees that are going to internet radio are still going to be applied. Please contact your congressman and senators and tell them to not allow this to happen. There needs to be immediate action to save this, otherwise say goodbye to sites like pandora.com. I'll share you the email I got from Pandora today.
Hi, it's Tim one more time...
Disaster looms! Yesterday a federal court denied a plea to delay the massive increase in rates webcasters must pay the record labels. This means that, absent immediate Congressional action, the new ruinous royalty rates will be going into effect on Monday threatening the future of all internet radio.
This is a very dire situation and I'm writing to ask one more time for your support. The effort you've made over the past four months has been extraordinary and has forced the rapid introduction of the bill, but the committee process has been sluggish and we need to once again remind the representatives of the urgency of this issue. This is perhaps the most important phone call you can make for us. Please call your Congressional representatives in the House and the Senate and ask them to force immediate action on the Internet Radio Equality Act and bring the bill to a vote. It is critical that their phones begin ringing off the hook starting early in the morning. If it's busy, please try again later.
I'm sorry that we have to keep asking you for this - but it's our only recourse. We are no match for the legal and legislative strength of the RIAA and we need your help.
Thank you again.
Gratefully,
http://www.pandora.com/static/images/tim_signature.jpg
-Tim Westergren
(Pandora founder)
So please, even if you don't listen to internet radio, fight for justice and don't allow the RIAA to force internet radio to pay 3x the licensing fee more that what terrestrial radio has to pay.
Hi, it's Tim one more time...
Disaster looms! Yesterday a federal court denied a plea to delay the massive increase in rates webcasters must pay the record labels. This means that, absent immediate Congressional action, the new ruinous royalty rates will be going into effect on Monday threatening the future of all internet radio.
This is a very dire situation and I'm writing to ask one more time for your support. The effort you've made over the past four months has been extraordinary and has forced the rapid introduction of the bill, but the committee process has been sluggish and we need to once again remind the representatives of the urgency of this issue. This is perhaps the most important phone call you can make for us. Please call your Congressional representatives in the House and the Senate and ask them to force immediate action on the Internet Radio Equality Act and bring the bill to a vote. It is critical that their phones begin ringing off the hook starting early in the morning. If it's busy, please try again later.
I'm sorry that we have to keep asking you for this - but it's our only recourse. We are no match for the legal and legislative strength of the RIAA and we need your help.
Thank you again.
Gratefully,
http://www.pandora.com/static/images/tim_signature.jpg
-Tim Westergren
(Pandora founder)
So please, even if you don't listen to internet radio, fight for justice and don't allow the RIAA to force internet radio to pay 3x the licensing fee more that what terrestrial radio has to pay.