Bill to save webcasters

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* Proposed Bill Aims to Save Music Webcasters

A new bill in Congress could help save music webcasting.
Due to a recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board, the
government-set rates that most Net radio providers pay to
license sound recordings will radically increase. This
ruling threatens small and non-commercial webcasters as
well as commercial services like Pandora, and it could take
away the broad diversity of stations that exists online but
never has been available through traditional broadcasters.
If passed, the "Internet Radio Equality Act" would nullify
the royalty ruling and bring some sensible changes to the
standards used to set rates in the future.

This bill's introduction has been driven by the massive
grassroots outrage among webcasters and listeners, and you
can help keep that momentum going. SaveNetRadio.org is
among the many great sites that have helped spearhead this
activism -- go there to learn more and take action now:
<http://www.savenetradio.org/>

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