I already sent off my letter to MO legislators. On 4/16/07, Joseph Frana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Their website indicates it is likely. On 4/16/07, Minko Minkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Joseph Frana Truman State
