The Performance Rights Act (HR 848) is a bill that would require terrestrial (FM/AM) radio companies to pay performance royalties on the music they air. All other forms of broadcast are required to do this, but radio’s giant lobby has kept them exempt for 50 something years. Click on the link and you can send an email to your congresspeople and the president.

Click on this URL to take action now

http://www.capwiz.com/musicfirstcoalition/

If you care about keeping a vital, diverse music industry, call or email your representative and tell them to protect Internet radio and provide a fair marketplace for all broadcast mediums!

–ross