Sunday, June 24, 2007

June 26th: A day of silence decleared by Internet radio stations


In protest to the royalty rate increase by the Copyright Royalty Rate Board, thousands of webcasters will go silent and cut off the music on June 26. It is reported that some of the participants of this protest includes Yahoo, Rhapsody, MTV Online and Live 365.
Jake Ward, SaveNetRadio coalition spokesperson, stated that this arbitrary and drastic rate increases set by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) threatens the very livelihood of thousands of webcasters and their millions of listeners throughout the country. He also mentioned that the
campaign to save Internet radio — a movement which comprises of thousands of webcasters, artists and independent labels, and Net radio listeners — has brought this issue to the national forefront and said that there is still more to be done before the approaching deadline of July 15 (tagged "A day when internet radio dies.").

You can read a more detailed report of this news on SaveNetRadio


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