[Dixielandjazz] Internet Radio Equality Act. Contact YOURCongressmen

[Ron Wheeler]

You can also write your Congressman simply by going to
http://www.house.gov/writerep/, selecting your state and filling in your zip
code.  A message page addressed to your local congressman comes up.  I cut
the text from live365's link, edited it a little to change 'calling' to
'writing', etc. and sent it.  There's even a box to check if you'd like a
reply.

Best,

Ron Wheeler

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Steve Barbone
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 09:41
To: Ron Wheeler
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Internet Radio Equality Act. Contact
YOURCongressmen


There is something each one of us here in the USA can do to bring some
measure of fairness to the payment of royalties by internet radio stations.
We can contact our Congressmen and push for a reduction in rates.

Please read the below plea from Live365 CEO, Mark Lam. Then, if you agree,
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMEN (House of Representatives) and ask that
he or she either co sponsor the bill (HR 2060) or vote in favor of it.

The current situation is unfair and approved because of lobbying pressure by
the "big boys" in the industry. They want to eliminate competition. Congress
approves because they don't have the faintest idea of what is going on in
this small part of the industry. YOU can make a difference.

If we don't speak up, nobody will know who we are, or that we care. Like the
song says; "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"

Cheers,
Steve Barbone



April 27, 2007     
Ask your Representative to cosponsor the Internet Radio Equality Act!

Dear Live365 Listener,
       
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) recently denied webcasters' requests for a
rehearing on its ruling of unfairly high new royalty rates -- a stunning 300
to 1200 percent increase -- for Internet radio for period 2006-2010.

Internet radio is singled out from all other radio, burdened with fees not
paid by AM or FM stations, and at rates at least 3-4 times paid by satellite
and cable radio. The ruling even included absurd minimum of $500 per station
per year to penalize the smallest webcasters with the highest rates.

Should this ruling stand, many of your favorite stations will be silenced.
You will find Live365's 260 genres reduced to the same meager, homogenized
list carried on AM/FM radio, because the unfair rates would drive webcasters
in niche genres with unique content unavailable elsewhere out of business.

You can, however, help protect your favorite tunes of your favorite DJs from
being silenced. 

The Internet Radio Equality Act (HR 2060) has been introduced in Congress by
Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA). A simple phone call to your Representative
to ask for their support on this Bill will go a long way toward ensuring
your right to diversity and choice in radio.  Better yet, please also write
and fax to show how serious you are.  They need to know how much your music
means to you.

Click here for the number of your Representative. Call NOW!
<http://www3.capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/callalert/index.tt?alertid=9679516
&type=TA> 

Sincerely, 
Mark Lam 
CEO, Live365
------------------
To learn how your single call can make the difference, visit
www.live365.com/choice <http://www.live365.com/choice> , and the
SaveNetRadio Coalition we formed with listeners, webcasters, artists, and
labels: www.savenetradio.org <http://www.savenetradio.org> .
  

950 Tower Lane  4th Floor  Foster City  CA 94404
Copyright C 2007 Live365.com 


_______________________________________________
To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz
Mailing list, or to find the online archives, pleas visit:

http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz



Dixielandjazz mailing list
Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com