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The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC is looking to triple royalty rates for internet radio stations. If you value services such as Yahoo! LAUNCHcast, Pandora or Last.fm then you need to go to savenetradio.org and fill out the petition. The site looks like it's getting a lot of traffic right now, and could be a little slow so please be patient!

Quote below from a Pandora e-mail:

"I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC to almost triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites like Pandora. The new royalty rates are irrationally high, more than four times what satellite radio pays and broadcast radio doesn't pay these at all. Left unchanged, these new royalties will kill every Internet radio site, including Pandora."

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The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC is looking to triple royalty rates for internet radio stations. If you value services such as Yahoo! LAUNCHcast, Pandora or Last.fm then you need to go to savenetradio.org and fill out the petition. The site looks like it's getting a lot of traffic right now, and could be a little slow so please be patient! Quote below from a Pandora e-mail:

"I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC to almost triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites like Pandora. The new royalty rates are irrationally high, more than four times what satellite radio pays and broadcast radio doesn't pay these at all. Left unchanged, these new royalties will kill every Internet radio site, including Pandora."