The RIAA is having a field day. New "royalties" are going to be imposed on internet radio broadcasting that will pretty much wipe out most stations and greatly reduce the diversity of music you can hear on the web. It isn't enough that payola is alive and well (albeit in a more "legal" form) in commercial radio greatly limiting who and what you get to hear on the airwaves. Now the RIAA has lobbied for and won exorbitant fees to be charged to Internet radio broadcasts that are way above what traditional broadcasting has to pay.

A history and numbers can be found here

A petition you should sign can be found here

And the Save Internet Radio website is here

The changes will be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2006 so if they take effect they will bankrupt the many small internet radio stations that promote artists and serve listeners with diverse musical offerings. Please sign this petition NOW!

Check out my latest favorite Internet Radio which takes some of your musical preferences and generates a "station" that will introduce you to music you've never heard - much of which you will love (and some you will hate - but it's worth it!)

Pandora Internet Radio

You can go to my Pandora generated station here and click the "play now" link.

 Update: 

The plot thickens - read this 

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