Today is the Internet Radio Day of Silence. To quote from the official press release:
“The arbitrary and drastic rate increases set by the Copyright Royalty Board on March 2nd threaten the very livelihood of thousands of webcasters and their millions of listeners throughout the country.
Major webcasters like Yahoo! Launchcast, Rhapsody, and Pandora.com will silence their streams along with other Day of Silence participants like KCRW.org, Live365, MTV Online, Radioio, RadioParadise, and AccuRadio.” (full list)
Please help us support this effort. This site will help you send letters, get banners for your own site, and spread the word to your friends.
They’ve been a little busy lately, which is great, so if you have any problems with that link, you can pick either of the ones below:
- Call your representative (the link will give you their phone number) and ask for their support of the Internet Radio Equality Act: S. 1353 in the Senate and H.R. 2060 in the House.
- If you’d rather write a letter or an email, this link will help. But be sure to also mention the Internet Radio Equality Act: S. 1353 in the Senate and H.R. 2060 in the House.
Don’t let internet radio go silent permanently. Act now.
Thanks.