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  • FRIDAY JUNE 22 2007 5:00 PM

Day of Silence for Internet Radio

Submitted by evanharos

Edited by erin_broadley



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 day of silence is aimed at showing their listeners and the community at large what it will sound like after the ruling. With the royalty increase exceeding 100 percent of most webcasters' total revenues, the majority of stations would be forced to shut down if the ruling is enforced.


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.

KCRW will produce "D-Day For Webcasters," a one-hour program with members of Pandora, Live 365, Yahoo! and BAGeL Radio joining KCRW general manager Ruth Seymour to discuss the effect of the new rates.


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.)

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Comments
Baci

Baci

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 22, 2007 05:23 PM

Yes. Everyone do this. Save the radio!

_kungfoo_

_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

JUN 22, 2007 06:04 PM

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

existentialblues

existentialblues

Marietta, GA
July 2006

JUN 22, 2007 06:20 PM

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

shapeshifter23

shapeshifter23

San Francisco, CA
September 2005

JUN 22, 2007 06:39 PM

rev123

rev123

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUN 22, 2007 06:59 PM

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

kaosfactor

kaosfactor

Boston, MA
February 2004

JUN 22, 2007 10:20 PM

rev138 said:
How does any government even enforce laws on internet radio? What's stopping them from moving their servers across borders?



TRIPS and the WTO

smokescreen

smokescreen

United Kingdom
February 2005

JUN 23, 2007 05:11 AM

Copyright Royalty Board's royalty killed the radio star blackeyed

GOBLAZERS

GOBLAZERS

Birmingham, AL
May 2006

JUN 24, 2007 12:35 AM

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.

Nimbusfool

Nimbusfool

Moscow, ID
August 2006

JUN 24, 2007 02:22 AM

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

TAFKASP

TAFKASP

Oakland, CA
June 2003

JUN 26, 2007 10:41 AM

*bump*

Maxx

maxx

Los Angeles, CA
July 2002

JUN 26, 2007 12:00 PM

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.

obd

obd

Venice, CA
June 2003

JUN 26, 2007 12:42 PM

Maxx said:
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.

Maxx

maxx

Los Angeles, CA
July 2002

JUN 26, 2007 01:01 PM

obd said:
can we email?
I saw no link.


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

write your senator and representative.

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