The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. The Copyright
Royalty Board in Washington, DC has more than tripled the royalty rates for webcasters and
left unchanged they will kill Internet radio. These exorbitant rates go into effect on July 15
(retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). Without Congressional action the majority of webcasters will go
bankrupt and silent on this date. A bill named the Internet Radio Equality Act has been
introduced in Congress that would save the Internet radio industry. We need your help for this
bill to pass. Please take a moment to call your members of Congress to keep Net radio from
being silenced. All the information you need to make this call is available at SaveNetRadio.org.
The SaveNetRadio
coalition is made up of artists, labels, listeners, and webcasters. Please contact us if you
are interested in sponsoring an event, making a donation, or would like to become a leader in
the fight to save Internet radio. The recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board to increase
webcasters' royalty rates between 300 and 1200 percent over the next 5 years jeopardizes the
industry and threatens to homogenize Internet radio.
Artists, listeners, and Webcasters, have joined our coalition to help
save Internet radio. The coalition believes strongly in compensating artists, but Internet
radio as we know it will not survive under the new royalties. Internet radio needs your help.
Please take a moment to call your members of Congress to ask them to co-sponsor the Internet
Radio Equality Act. Together, we can force Congress to create a structural solution for this
problem and create an environment where Internet radio, and the millions of artists it
features, can continue to grow for generations to come ...learn more or E-mail us at info@savenetradio.org
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It has been a year since an increase in royalty fees for webcasters put the future of Internet radio at risk. Since then, more than 2 million people have called on Congress to save Internet radio, the Internet Radio Equality Act has been cosponsored by 150 Members of Congress, and a hearing was held in the House Small Business Committee. In spite of all this - nothing has changed. We need your help. On Thursday May 15, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas will introduce the Internet Radio Equality Act (IREA) as an amendment to the Orphan Works Bill (S. 2913) while it is being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee . As you know, the IREA would level the playing field for Internet radio webcasters and promote greater parity within the radio industry, while doing away with the discrimination that now forces webcasters to pay fees more than twice as high as their closest competition, cable and satellite radio. You can help. At least one of your Senators is a Member of the Judiciary Committee and we need their support. Call them today and ask them to support independent artists, small businesses, and the future of Internet radio. You can find their phone number and talking points here: http://www. capwiz. com/saveinternetradio/alert_9738601. html. Ask your Senator to support the Brownback Amendment to S. 2913. We need your help to remind Congress that though Internet radio is still on the air and artists are still being paid for their work by webcasters, nothing has been resolved and we need them to act. On behalf of webcasters, artists and fellow Internet radio listeners everywhere, thank you. Let's finish what we started a year ago.
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PORTMAN - Release their debut album “From Here To Your Eyes And Ears" on March 3rd. The album is available to stream right now on their Myspace Page and to Pre-Order Right Here. Check it out!
DOWN FOR THE COUNT - Their February UK Tour fell through at the last minute and to apologise to all the fans about this we will be selling the bands debut album “Broken Record Tactics” for just £2.99 until Feb 29th, available Right Here
The band are hoping to come back to tour the UK late summer/early autumn so keep an eye out for that.
Just checking in, and giving you an update on where I stand with the recording of my debut record.
We have recorded all of the instrumental tracks, and most of the vocals. I was lucky enough to collaborate with a group of amazing musicians, and things are starting to sound awesome!!!
I hope to have all of the recording complete by mid March; leaving mixing, mastering and duplication to be done.
If all goes well, the record should be released sometime in April.
'Broken Record Tactics' is a fun little record for fans of Cartel and The Starting Line. If you're in the mood for some chirpy, melodic pop-punk with a bit of a rockier edge, you could do a lot worse than to check them out.' - Punktastic.com
I hope you don’t mind this promotional message, we promise it will be the last one for a while :-)
una ves mas aqui molestando !!! por fin viene el disco... la presentacion sera el dia 29 se Septiembre... se que aun falta tiempo pero pues es para que lo tenga en cuanta, el disco trae 11 tracks. 4 canciones viejas, 5 nuevas y dos tracks d juego digamos.... caigale al evento !! sera gratuito y pues hay muchas cosas preparadas aparte del estreno de canciones y la venta por primera vez de los discos, a partir de esa fecha lo estaremos vendiendo en casa evento en el que nos presentemos y en varias tiendas de aqui de merida.
Si no eres de merida y estas interesado en comprar el disco pues solo escribenos aca y te daremos indicaciones de como conseguirlo facilmente !!! muchos saludos y seguimos viendonos !!!
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Foster City, CA—Live365 Inc. recently completed a study of its 2006 Internet radio broadcasts which revealed that nearly 56% of its broadcast music comes from independent artists and labels and not major record labels. The total number of spins for 2006 on Live365 is 200 million. This statistic underscores how Internet radio helps promote new, emerging artists while also expanding musical diversity as the AM/FM radio industry consolidates station ownership and play formats.
One important thing to note is Universal, Song-BMG, Warner Music, and EMI all have RIAA board members on their staff. The RIAA with it's endless lobbying money has convinced the CRB to raise the royalty rates on Internet Broadcaster to a point that they would be bankrupt the first day the rates were enacted. Don't allow this to take place people. Contact your represenatatives and urge them to support HR 2060 "The Internet Radio Equality Act".
The Internet Radio Equality Act" H.R. 2060 or Senate version S. 1353. currently has 135 Supporters in Congress, we need to get 83 more while we have the momentum.
NOW is the time to strike. We need you to help us by urging your Congressional representatives to support “The Internet Radio Equality Act”. Remember, there are many Congressional Represenatatives that actually don't know whats going on, or they don't understand it completely. Fill them in with your emails and phone calls.
This Bill will keep the Major Labels from controlling what music you hear. It will keep the diversity that we have now alive. It will also help promote new bands by allowing them to gain world wide exposure through the Internet Radio Stations that they are played on.
Everyone wins here: except the power hungry RIAA which is made up of the fats cats with the Major Labels.
Just think twice when you're buying that CD or purchasing that digital download. You're supporting the RIAA and Sound Exchange. Better yet, you’re supporting the artists that supported the organization that killed your radio station. ??????
