Net Radio Goes Silent To Protest Royalty Hike

June 26th, 2007

If you tried to tune in to your favorite Web radio show this morning, you were likely met with silence. That’s because much of Internet radioland is observing a national “Day of Silence.”The interruption is a protest against the recent 300 percent royalty fee increase for online music webcasters. The goal of the industry-wide, daylong blackout is to raise awareness of the threat webcasters believe these new rates pose to the future of Internet radio. Protesters are hoping to rally support for legislation pending in Congress.

“With nearly a half-million e-mails and phone calls from webcasters, listeners, and the artists they support sent to Congress in just the last two months, this national grassroots campaign has certainly captured the attention of lawmakers, but there is more to be done and time is running out,” Jake Ward, a spokesperson for the SaveNetRadio Coalition, said in a statement.

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