NEWS: Day of Silence for Internet Radio

MUSIC: Day of Silence for Internet Radio

Fans of Internet radio take note. On June 26 Internet broadcasters will observe a full day of silence in protest of the Copyright Royalty Board's royalty increase scheduled for implementation July 15th.

The last time such a silence tactic was used back in 2002 Congress passed the Small Webcaster Settlement Act, effectively sparing small webcasters certain death in the face of royalty rates they couldn’t possibly afford. Now, with the new planned royalty rate hike, bigger broadcasters are getting involved.

People who don’t want to see their favorite 56 kbps specialty station disappear forever should contact savenetradio.org. (At the time of this writing the site was temporarily down for maintenance.)

Thanks for raising the issue evanharos. This is pretty fucking important.

I am a big listener and supporter of many radio stations, including di.fm , and chronix radio. i would really hate to lose these stations, and i have personally wrote to my local representatives. ive seen this coming for months, and have dreaded every day leading up to it. i urge not only frequent listners of interenet radio, but also ANYONE who has EVER flipped by a radio station, to offer their support to this movement. please visit SaveNetRadio

How does any government even enforce laws on internet radio? What's stopping them from moving their servers across borders?

TRIPS and the WTO

Copyright Royalty Board's royalty killed the radio star

Isn't internet radio a contradiction of terms? And satellite radio for that matter?

Does anyone actually listen to internet radio? What is it, exactly, for that matter? I'm blessed to live in a city with actual good FM stations.

do you think people would beat your ass if you hopped on during the day silence for a quick, 'eyo!'

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oh god this is depressing.
i think this may be the first thing i ever actually call my representatives about.

edit: ....aaaaand the lines are busy.

can we email?
I saw no link.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/officials/congress/
that helps.

write your senator and representative.