Save Net radio
As an occasional listener of net radio through Pandora I note with interest the recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington to increase the royalties paid by Internet radio stations. An email I received from the Pandora founder claims that this will force internet radio off the air. The story has been getting a lot of exposure so doesn’t need me to add to it. The story has been dugg and I headed over to read what people were saying about it. One particular comment caught my attention:
This is why I pirate all my music now, I will not give money to the industry.
If I could give money direct to the artist I would, but most don’t have that option.
What a load of bullshit! Don’t make me laugh, pirates pirate music because they don’t want to pay for it - end of story.
If you are in the US and want to have a say you can head on over to savenetradio.org to sign the petition.
I have intentionally not commented on the right or wrong of the increase in the royalties or whether signing the petition will make any difference. If you would like to educate me feel free in the comments.
“You can’t coach that”
