Friday, June 29, 2007

Internet Radio

Its Friday, and been a long week. Yea! Much of the time in the world of activism you get really zoned in on what you are working on to the point that you forget about everything else that is going on in the world of activism. Focus on the task in front of you is certainly important, but you can't forget to take a step out of that world and see the bigger picture.

I want to talk here about the need to Support the Internet Radio Equality Act. What is going on right now is that Congress just passed legislation that makes internet broadcasters have to pay for every person that tunes into their radio station. What is so neat about the internet is that it allows for the free flow of information across seemingly equitable streams. Internet Radio, especially the little radio stations that survive on shoe string budgets don't have the ability to pay these royalty rates. If we don't speak up now internet radio, at least for the small guys will effectively disappear leaving big corporate music radio intrests to have a monopoly on what we listen to. I say screw that! I don't wish to listen to a bunch of top 40 Billboard crap for the rest of my life and I am sure that you feel the same way. There are so many neat ecletic genres of music that would never get heard if it wasn't for these small independent radio webstreamers.

The Internet Radio Equality Act reverses this process and allows for small independent webstreamers to continue to play creative, fun and innovative music that dosen't make you puke. Please support this legislation by contacting your Congressman immediately.

Please visit:

http://www.savenetradio.org

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