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Old 06-26-2007, 11:56 AM
Artsemis Artsemis is offline
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www.pandora.com

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A Day of Silence

Hi, it's Tim from Pandora,

I'm sorry to say that today Pandora, along with most Internet radio sites, is going off the air in observance of a Day Of Silence. We are doing this to bring to your attention a disastrous turn of events that threatens the existence of Pandora and all of internet radio. We need your help.

Ignoring all rationality and responding only to the lobbying of the RIAA, an arbitration committee in Washington DC has drastically increased the licensing fees Internet radio sites must pay to stream songs. Pandora's fees will triple, and are retroactive for eighteen months! Left unchanged by Congress, every day will be like today as internet radio sites start shutting down and the music dies.

A bill called the "Internet Radio Equality Act" has already been introduced in both the Senate (S. 1353) and House of Representatives (H.R. 2060) to fix the problem and save Internet radio--and Pandora--from obliteration.

I'd like to ask you to call your Congressional representatives today and ask them to become co-sponsors of the bill. It will only take a few minutes and you can find your Congresspersons and their phone numbers by entering your zip code here.

Your opinion matters to your representatives - so please take just a minute to call.

Visit www.savenetradio.org to continue following the fight to Save Internet Radio.

As always, and now more than ever, thank you for your support.


-Tim Westergren
(Pandora founder)

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For those that don't know or never used Pandora, you're missing out. You give it an artist (can save multiple entries) and then it plays songs based on similar music as that artist -- you rate the songs as you like or dislike them and it does a great job of "learning" what music you like. Pandora is one of the many internet radio sites being effected. :/
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Old 06-26-2007, 12:32 PM
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Fear not, soon there will be Radio Free Antigua.
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Old 06-26-2007, 12:51 PM
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You know, Pandora going to Antigua doesn't sound far-fetched or impractical. Thanks Grass, that's the best idea I've heard
in a week or more. Just hits you as, it could work. Especially if well publicised. Listen for free, DL the song for next to nothing. I'm sure the guys behind it would love to stick it back at the industry.
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Old 06-29-2007, 10:43 AM
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Pandora is one of the finest inventions I have come across.
It is a rare thing that actually improves your life almost every day. Pandora has done that for me.
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Old 06-29-2007, 11:55 AM
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Radio Free Antigua.

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Why does that sound so good?
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Old 06-29-2007, 12:56 PM
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Pandora is one of the finest inventions I have come across.
It is a rare thing that actually improves your life almost every day. Pandora has done that for me.

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