Some of the most popular webcasters and smaller sites will go sil...
Some of the most popular webcasters and smaller sites will go silent Tuesday (June 26) to protest new Copyright Royalty Board rates and get Internet radio fans to press Congress to pass the Internet Radio Equality Act. The new…
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rates take effect July 15. Webcasters held a free concert this week across from the Capitol, featuring bill sponsors Reps. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and Donald Manzullo, R-Ill. To raise awareness, many webcasters will not stream that day, and others will use “long periods of silence (or static or ocean sounds or similar) interspersed with occasional brief public service announcements,” the SaveNetRadio Coalition said. Broadcasters simulcasting online are included in the day of silence. Participants include dozens of small webcasters plus Yahoo, Live365, Rhapsody, Pandora, Santa Monica-based NPR affiliate KCRW, and music streams operated by Washington, D.C. affiliate WAMU -- BluegrassCountry.org and Towson, Md.-based WTMD. Notably missing from the list is AOL, which could not be reached for comment. A SaveNetRadio spokesman told us that AOL has a “vested interest” in the Coalition’s success, but he cannot confirm or deny AOL is participating.