I encourage everyone to do this. It's really easy, it took me less than 5 minutes to get letters sent to each representative using the links below.
Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lester Kenyatta Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: [313] FW: => May 1 Beta Blackout <= (fwd) > did others get this? we've talked about this before...please consider. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:22:44 -0500 > From: Lester K. Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: => May 1 Beta Blackout <= > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: => May 1 Beta Blackout <= > > > > To the listeners of the Beta Lounge: > > The Beta Lounge is participating in a one-day Internet radio blackout > on May 1st, 2002, in protest of the US Copyright Office's CARP ruling. > > The Beta Lounge, like any other entity that uses music on its > website, must pay royalties to the people who publish music. While > we're happy to pay reasonable fees that support the artists whose > music we're playing, this CARP ruling sets very excessive fees and > unreasonable technical requirements. These fees and requirements will > put most, if not all, independent Internet stations out of business - > including the Beta Lounge. > > These CARP recommendations were strong-armed through the Copyright > Office by heavy lobbying from the RIAA and the major record labels, > and do not represent the interests of smaller independent record > labels (like those whose music you hear on our site), nor independent > Internet broadcasters like the Beta Lounge. > > This ruling isn't law yet, and we're asking that you join the fight > with us against it by contacting your representatives in Congress. > The more that our representatives hear about this from their > electorate, the more likely it is that they will do something about > it. What we're asking for is a temporary moratorium on these fees so > that more reasonable fee schedules can be developed. If you want to > get more information on this situation, the proposed laws, and what > you can do, go to this web site: > > http://www.saveinternetradio.org/ > > The Copyright office won't make a decision on the CARP rulings until > May 21st, 2002, so phone your representatives in Congress and tell > them that you oppose the CARP rulings. Here's a simple script you can > use when you call: > > "I'm calling because of the proposed Copyright Office ruling on > royalty rates for Internet radio stations. I would like to ask that > you send a letter to the Librarian of Congress similar to Congressman > Rick Boucher's [pronounced B-"ouch"-er] letter in protest of the CARP > ruling." > > Or, you can simply email or fax them. Sample letters for you to use > can be found on the saveinternetradio.org web site. > > To find your House and Senate representatives, and their contact > information, you can go to: > > http://www.congress.org/ > > ...and input your zip code. It will give you a list of your elected > officials, and all of their contact information. Ideally, you should > contact both State Senators, and your local district House > representative. If you want to make it really easy, there's a link to > write ALL of your representatives at the top of the page you get > after entering your zip. > > If you are not a U.S. citizen you can help by contacting journalists > or elected representatives of the area that you live. If there was > ever a time for an international audience to mobilize, now is it. > > We need all of our listeners to add their input - don't assume > someone else will take responsibility to voice an opinion. > > -The Beta Lounge Crew > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
