[Dixielandjazz] Saving Internet Radio

[Mike]

If you believe in saving internet radio, you might be interested in the 
message below.

Mike


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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.

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-Tim Westergren
(Pandora founder)