I don't understand why authorities are trying to restrict the Internet when it should be a place of freedom.
Will that affect www.di.fm I cannot survive without DI Minko Joseph Frana wrote: >Have any of you seen this? > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Tim Westergren - Founder, Pandora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 16 Apr 2007 16:11:58 PDT >Subject: Help Save Pandora and Internet Radio >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Trouble viewing this email?...Click >here<http://broadcaster.pandora.com/dm?id=11C5C29D0D61055B81DBC90282083C 2B050542759970026E> > >[image: pandora_logo_email.jpg]<http://dbm.pandora.com/t?r=927&c=896858&l=37176&; ctl=168C8EB:11C5C29D0D61055B81DBC90282083C2B050542759970026E> > >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<http://dbm.pandora.com/t?r=927&c=896858&l=37176&ctl=168C8EB:11C5C29D0D61055B81DBC90282083C2B050542759970026E> > > >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. > >[image: tim_signature.jpg] >-Tim Westergren >(Pandora founder) > > >(c) copyright 2006, Pandora Media, Inc. All rights reserved. > >360 22nd Street - Suite 440 - Oakland CA - 94612 > > >You are currently subscribed to receive email updates from Pandora. If you >would like to unsubscribe, please log in to your account at www.pandora.com, >click on the account button, click 'edit my account', click edit, uncheck >the checkbox in the lower-left of the screen, and click save. If you have >any trouble, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Privacy >Policy<http://dbm.pandora.com/t?r=927&c=896858&l=37176&ctl=168C8ED:11C5C 29D0D61055B81DBC90282083C2B050542759970026E> > > > >-- >Joseph Frana >Truman State > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
