I wrote to my political reps with the following points (from http://www.kcrw.com/music/music-royalty-rates), because I listen to at least these stations / show on-line:
http://www.wbur.org/listen/
http://streams.wgbh.org/wgbh/
http://whrb.org/streams/whrb.m3u
http://wmbr.org/WMBR_live_128.m3u
http://onthemedia.org/
http://onpointradio.org/
http://harryshearer.com/leshow/
TO: Kennedy, Kerry, Capuano
1) I am a constituent and I'm calling to ask you to save Internet radio by co-sponsoring the Internet Radio Equality Act.
2) The Copyright Royalty Board's decision to increase royalty rates for webcasters is going to turn off my Internet radio and I do NOT want that to happen. Please co-sponsor the Internet Radio Equality Act.
3) I believe that artists should be fairly compensated for the music they make, but putting my webcasters out of business will only hurt artists more. They depend on Internet radio to get their music out to fans and build new audiences. When the webcasters go off the air, so do artists. Please co-sponsor the Internet Radio Equality Act.
4) Internet radio is one of the only bright spots for independent music and diversity. We NEED Internet radio. Don't turn it off. Co-sponsor the Internet Radio Equality Act.
