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US citizens, A number of Internet radio stations are no longer broadcasting, as the RIAA has successfully killed them off. See https://www.eff.org/Internet-Radio-Fairness-Act-Explanation and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Radio_Equality_Act In 2002 the Internet Radio Fairness Act was introduced to the U.S. congress. If passed, this bill would allow stations to return to the air. Please send a fax to your representatives asking them to support the Internet Radio Fairness Act. It will only take 3 minutes to fill out the form at http://www.voiceofwebcasters.org/smallwebfax.htm We would also like you to call your representatives at their offices and ask them to support the Internet Radio Fairness Act as well. We need to bombard them with requests. Call them at their offices. Call them once a week. Tell your friends to do the same thing. You can still help change the laws that have forced stations off the net. If the laws are changed, a number of stations can return to the air. With CARP royalties of $500 a DAY, many radio stations on the Internet cannot continue broadcasting. Don't listen to the RIAA press release that says most small webcasters will only pay the minimum $500 a year. Any station with more than an average of 5 concurrent listeners will be paying more than that minimum. Below is the suggested letter: Your Name Street Address City, State Representative/Senator [name] US Congress Washington DC Dear Representative/Senator [name filled in]: I am writing you to express my strong request that you support immediate legislative relief to save Internet radio and the role it plays in promoting artists and their music on the Internet. I listen to Internet radio and I want to see the current diversity of programming provided by Internet radio preserved. This would protect a large number of Internet radio stations from being forced out of business by unfair and unaffordable performance copyright royalties. Please act immediately in seeing that this effort is carried through the House and Senate and made law before it is too late to save Internet radio. Immediate action is required. We want you to understand that this legislative action does not seek to eliminate royalties paid to artists by Internet radio stations. It only attempts to ensure that fair and reasonable royalty rates are set to allow Internet radio stations to survive and continue to develop their nascent industry. In supporting this legislative action, you will be ensuring that artists will receive fair compensation from these stations and retain this valuable resource to promote their music. We need your help to ensure that this action is passed by the US House of Representatives and joined by similar action in the US Senate. Please act now, there isn't much time left to save Internet radio. Sincerely, Your Name