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Opposition to Copyright Royalty Boards Webcasting rates

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  • Mar 4th, 2016
    Someone from Missoula, MT signed.
  • Mar 4th, 2016
    Someone from Indianapolis, IN writes:
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    Let internet radio have a fighting chance. Do the right thing......
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  • Mar 4th, 2016
    Someone from Missoula, MT signed.
  • Mar 4th, 2016
    Someone from Hamden, CT signed.
  • Mar 3rd, 2016
    Someone from Holt, MI writes:
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    Once again the greedy few destroy something for their own selfish reasons. Radio in any form should be readily availanle for all without ridiculous cost to line the pockets of special interest groups. Don't allow this please. I purchase many new albums because of internet radio and it's an important part of my life. Let radio operate without greed. Stop with trying to control every aspect of our lives becaus rich people aren't rich enough. Just stop.
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  • Mar 2nd, 2016
    Someone from Mio, MI signed.
  • Mar 2nd, 2016
    Someone from Nashville, TN writes:
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    Small broadcaster fill holes the major broadcasters can not and will not serve. More affordable options are needed for regular Americans.
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  • Mar 2nd, 2016
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  • Mar 1st, 2016
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  • Feb 29th, 2016
    Someone from Half Moon Bay, CA writes:
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    It seems the greed by some will now come at the expense of a great many. I listen to internet radio daily (and nightly). It is so nice to have the choices available without cost that we now have. I listen via iTunes and love the opportunity of having so many genres, and stations within each one. To lose that because of greed, particularly at the expense of the artists, is (imho) criminal. Music should be shared, not restricted. I would ask for and support being as reasonable with those that fill the needs and wants, like mine, by providing the "small webcasters" and their listeners the continuation of the opportunities we have now. Music is so special, so important. To take that away, to narrow the field to those few big boys by eliminating their competition (to any degree) takes us all backwards and violates the very core of what this country is. Please do what you need to do to keep us listening; Please do the right thing. Thank you.
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  • Feb 27th, 2016
    Someone from Mora, MN signed.
  • Feb 26th, 2016
    Someone from Minneapolis, MN signed.
  • Feb 25th, 2016
    Someone from Mckeesport, PA writes:
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    I had a small radio station on live365.com. I made no money on the station. My goal was to promote the local music scene in Pittsburgh and feature the local artists. I purchased all of the music or it was donated by the artist. I never pirated any music. Now there is just an empty space on the internet.
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  • Feb 23rd, 2016
    Someone from Seattle, WA signed.
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    Someone from Clearwater, FL signed.
  • Feb 23rd, 2016
    Someone from Winchester, MA writes:
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    After 14 years on the air CKDSRadio is down, we were not for profit and rarelly made back the small fees we paid, we did it out of love for music and entertainment we are going back on the air using a british licence "PRS for MUSIC LIMITED ONLINE MUSIC LICENCES" its only £130 a year by making it impossible for people to afford US licences they just wont get them so congress and licencing firms are just costing themselves money.
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  • Feb 22nd, 2016
    Someone from Garland, ME writes:
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    small internet radio stations should be exempt from this. they are not making money from this, most do it as a hobby not to make any money.
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  • Feb 22nd, 2016
    Someone from Paso Robles, CA signed.
  • Feb 22nd, 2016
    Someone from Springfield, MO writes:
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    These new rates mandated by HR1733 are exorbitant and will hobble and probably destroy smaller webcaster internet radio stations and create yet another opportunity for a monopoly like IHeart and/or Pandora. I want to be able to venture OUTSIDE of what these monopolies dictate. Save small Internet broadcasting!! I cannot imagine losing a great station such as KCOR in Kansas City!
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  • Feb 22nd, 2016
    Someone from Orlando, FL signed.
  • Feb 20th, 2016
    Someone from Fort Pierce, FL signed.
  • Feb 18th, 2016
    Someone from Tampa, FL writes:
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    I am hoping and PRAYING that someone / MANY in congress will see that internet radio MUST BE SAVED, and ALLOWED to continue and have a chance at being profitable! CONGRESS - PLEASE - WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!
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  • Feb 18th, 2016
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  • Feb 13th, 2016
    Someone from Newton, NJ signed.
  • Feb 13th, 2016
    Someone from Phoenix, AZ writes:
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    I don't think there is a person who has signed this that doesn't fee that artists deserve to to be compensated. At a cost of over $200/user/year, most non-commercial small broadcasters simply cannot ask for listeners to contribute that much to pay these fees. With lower fees, user can be asked to support their station, and with a proliferation of thousands of small stations, the artists will still collect, in the aggregate, more fees that they will likely collect if only the Pandoras of the industry survive.
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  • Feb 12th, 2016
    Someone from Suwanee, GA signed.