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images/news/internet.jpgThe sound of silence is playing on Internet radio today and it's not the result of a Simon & Garfunkel retrospective. Dozens of Internet radio stations are observing a day of silence Tuesday to protest the substantial webcasting royalty rate increase mandated by a recent Copyright Royalty Board ruling.
The intent of the protest is to demonstrate what will be heard on July 17th, the date that 17 months of retroactive royalty payments are due to SoundExchange, the collection organization for the music industry. Faced with fees they say cannot pay, many Internet radio stations anticipate having to cease operations.
InformationWeek
The intent of the protest is to demonstrate what will be heard on July 17th, the date that 17 months of retroactive royalty payments are due to SoundExchange, the collection organization for the music industry. Faced with fees they say cannot pay, many Internet radio stations anticipate having to cease operations.
InformationWeek
hey, if you can't get a light glimps of a tune for free, that may urge you to buy the entire album, you now will just have to steal the whole thing via torrent/p2p 
what are they thinking?
). Hopefully you’ll be seeing lots about today’s protest in the press, and most importantly I hope you’ll let your representatives in Washington know how you feel. Please visit the SaveNetRadio.org site where they make this easy for you. We need your help between now and July 15th when the first payments are due under the new royalty rates.
