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Opposition to Copyright Royalty Boards Webcasting rates

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  • Jul 7th, 2016
    Someone from Rochester, MN signed.
  • Jun 28th, 2016
    Someone from Uniondale, NY signed.
  • Jun 26th, 2016
    Someone from Marblehead, MA signed.
  • Jun 18th, 2016
    Someone from Rochester, MN signed.
  • Jun 13th, 2016
    Someone from Rochester, MN signed.
  • Jun 10th, 2016
    Someone from Redding, CA signed.
  • Jun 10th, 2016
    Someone from Clinton Township, MI signed.
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    Someone from Port Washington, WI signed.
  • Jun 9th, 2016
    Someone from Bath, MI signed.
  • Jun 8th, 2016
    Someone from O Fallon, MO signed.
  • Jun 8th, 2016
    Someone from Cullman, AL writes:
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    Why charge the smaller stations who play what people want to hear, instead of regular stations who play crap? Let us enjoy the music we like.
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  • Jun 7th, 2016
    Someone from Wilmington, NC signed.
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    Someone from Winter Haven, FL signed.
  • Jun 7th, 2016
    Someone from Altura, MN signed.
  • Jun 6th, 2016
    Someone from Altura, MN signed.
  • Jun 5th, 2016
    Someone from Andover, KS signed.
  • Jun 4th, 2016
    Someone from Manhattan Beach, CA signed.
  • Jun 2nd, 2016
    Someone from Minneapolis, MN signed.
  • May 31st, 2016
    Someone from Riverside, CA writes:
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    Thanks to the DMCA many small-time stations -- on-air and Internet-only -- were already paying an increased fee and then in 2007 they doubled the per-song performance royalty on TOP of that. Internet-only radio now pays TWICE the royalties paid by satellite stations PLUS the increased fee demanded by the DMCA. Now this. This is payola pure and simple. Clear Channel strikes again, shutting down some of the oldest and most popular streaming services along with audio streams from community and noncommercial stations that simply can't afford these exorbitant triple fees. Don't try to kid us that it's for the artists. They don't see a dime of this money. It is all going to the lawyers who own the corporations who own the record companies.
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  • May 29th, 2016
    Someone from Waseca, MN signed.
  • May 24th, 2016
    Someone from Saint Charles, MN signed.
  • May 23rd, 2016
    Someone from Waconia, MN writes:
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    The webcast I now listen to was originally on the traditional radio airwaves. I thought they were gone completely but then I discovered they had moved to webcasting. The hard work and dedication of the people that have kept this now webcast station should not be priced out of business. I enjoy this program so much. Please don't allow these royalty prices to be priced out of their reach so I can't listen to the program anymore.
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  • May 23rd, 2016
    Someone from Washington, DC writes:
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    I do not listen to Pandora or iHeart. I listen to smaller, independent internet stations. It seems this bill is biased against them. I oppose rate increases that cripple independent internet broadcasters and discourage competition.
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  • May 23rd, 2016
    Someone from Detroit, MI signed.
  • May 22nd, 2016
    Someone from Uniondale, NY signed.
  • May 20th, 2016
    Someone from Punta Gorda, FL signed.
  • May 20th, 2016
    Someone from Jackson, MS writes:
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    Stop fooling with internet radio all you wannabe kings and queens and common crooks, that's why you or your colleagues will not be reelected.
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  • May 19th, 2016
    Someone from Salem, NH writes:
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    We rely on Internet Radio Stations as Listener. Don't touch our Internet Radio Stations Leave it alone. Thank you
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  • May 18th, 2016
    Someone from Lawrence, MA signed.
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    Someone from Monroe, NC signed.
  • May 18th, 2016
    Someone from Saint Louis, MO signed.
  • May 18th, 2016
    Someone from Beverly Hills, CA writes:
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    Unfair pay, monopoly today.
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  • May 17th, 2016
    Someone from Rochester, MN writes:
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    I listen exclusively to internet radio that is not affiliated with an over-the-air station. It is a very small operation. Save Internet Radio!
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  • May 17th, 2016
    Someone from Fuquay Varina, NC signed.
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  • May 16th, 2016
    Someone from Claremore, OK signed.
  • May 16th, 2016
    Someone from Rowlesburg, WV writes:
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    Copyright translates to Corporate Propaganda if it's sole motive is to subvert art that remains boundless.
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  • May 15th, 2016
    Someone from Nashville, TN writes:
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    I am an entertainer and songwriter and should have the right to have my songs played on stations that dont charge me fees and do a service for the communities they broadcast to as well.
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  • May 14th, 2016
    Someone from Waseca, MN signed.
  • May 14th, 2016
    Someone from Webster, MN signed.