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Act NOW to save Internet radio!

Thanks for your interest in keeping Internet radio alive!

First some background:

If you keep up with music news, you have probably heard about the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). This is a group formed by the five largest record labels to put pressure on the government to make laws that favor the record labels as the way they are used to doing business is changed by the Internet. This is the same group that will sue anyone they catch downloading music for free.

The big companies that support this group are afraid they will make less money in a digital world but instead of learning how to compete fairly they are trying to squash the competition. On their behalf the RIAA pressured the Copyright Royalty Board to increase the rates that are paid by Internet radio stations for the right to play music on the Internet. TonyBear.com is among the thousands of Internet broadcasters who ALREADY pay substantial royalties to license the music we play for you. Now this initiative asks stations to pay $500 per year, per station and INCREASES what we pay per song, per listener.

How does it add up? You do the math - CLICK HERE