Help Save Pandora, Radio Paradise, and Internet Radio in General!
Posted by 1337g33k on April 18, 2007
If you listen to any form of internet radio, it’s time to do something, or kiss your favorite radio stations goodbye!
Pandora: “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…”
