Hi Will a day without free music matter? People unwilling to pay for music are gonna go “meh” and turn on their MP3 players. They’re not going to become advocates and start calling their congressmen. Unless you were really serious and wanted to send a point — and shut down for an entire month — then nothing will be accomplished here. I think “Internet Radio Slowdown Day” would have been more appropriate. Play only songs from independent artists and artists who have negotiated favorable rates, interspersed with good, compelling ads that move people to action. As for me, I’ll crank up LaunchCast Plus and listen to commercial-free uninterrupted music all the worklong day today. And if that fails, the only one getting complaints from me will be Yahoo!, not my congressman. (And while waiting for Yahoo!’s response, I’d be listening to my iPod full of legitimately paid-for music.) __________________

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Hi:My name is Art Durivage Program Director and owner of internet radio station Widemusic.com,my station has been on the air for over 4 years,we provide a large variety of music and syndicated entertainment.I started this station when I retired,I always wanted to be in broadcasting so when I found out about internet radio,I started widemusic.com,I have several people working for me and we do this for no pay.I run several psa's but make now money.We have a large listener base,alot of dedicated listeners.If these copyright laws go in effect at 300%,there's no way I could afford to continue on with my station.So I'm asking all of you who listen to internet radio to please contact your congressmen and Senators and ask them to please support the Internet Radio Equality Bill,at least with this bill we will have a fee that hopefully most of the stations will be able to afford.So if you could do this,then internet radio will hopefully go on for years to come.Thanks alot.Just go to savenetradio.org and see how you can contact your local congressmen and senators.Thanks alot,Art Durivage.Widemusic.com.