Tuesday, March 20, 2007

too good to last...

On March 2, the Copyright Royalty Board voted to drastically raise the rates charged to the fledgling internet radio industry. Because these rates are astronomically high in relation to the revenue these radio stations can attract, it will effectively eliminate all but a few (that suck) internet radio stations. Not only does this put a financial bullet in the heart of the most progressive and innovative music sources, like Pandora.com and KCRW.org, but it limits the ability of indie artists to 'break through'.

Click on this link to save the world from the kind of corporate music robotrons who believe that what the world needs is another Celine Dion, Mariah Carey or Michael Bolton.

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