tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255128419548313878.post4058508909648464120..comments2020-05-25T00:35:01.356-07:00Comments on Net Radio Blog: Rebuffering: Kissing American Dreams Good-byeRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255128419548313878.post-39020080767016913542015-12-23T17:53:02.526-08:002015-12-23T17:53:02.526-08:00Fair enough, Clayton. I'd start with your Cong...Fair enough, Clayton. I'd start with your Congressional delegation. (Congressperson and both Senators.) <br /><br />If you haven't joined the Internet Radio Broadcasting Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/internetradiobroadcasting/), that's another good step; lots of ground-level intelligence there. <br /><br />And especially, if you're running a Net radio station, get some PSAs about this into heavy rotation and urge your listeners to contact their Congressional representation. (If you were listening when the Net radio community mobilised against the DMCA in 2006-2007, you heard a lot of that. I'd just started listening to Net radio at the time and remember the calls.) <br /><br />As I learn of other bells to ring, I'll share that information here. In fact, I'm headed over to the IRB page right now to school up on it, and then I'll make another post here on NRB about "what to do". Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255128419548313878.post-42721774303610735442015-12-23T13:19:13.534-08:002015-12-23T13:19:13.534-08:00BLAH.>BLAH>>BLAH!!.>Thanks for the inf...BLAH.>BLAH>>BLAH!!.>Thanks for the info.>WHAT THE HELL DO I DO WITH IT?! <br />Gimme some email addresses to flood, where are the online petitions to sign?! WHAT GOVERNMENT OFFICE CAN I CALL?! <br /><br />C'mon...you're a damn'd Reporter what's the CALL TO ACTION YOU NEED ME TO MAKE!? <br />You post it, I will share it! I can't just say.."everybody Panic'..and not give them a direction to go in?! <br /><br />Tell me..I will gladly give you what you want! - Fighting for MY STATION _ TrueFM Online.com...your Gay Anthem Station..and yeah..i'm gay..I've known about fighting for my rights for over 46 years since stonewall..ENOUGH Give me my damn station!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255128419548313878.post-34877957932929913932015-12-23T07:19:40.531-08:002015-12-23T07:19:40.531-08:00Agreed. This has been going on for far too long, t...Agreed. This has been going on for far too long, this piracy in the name of "the artist". (Interesting that the corporate powers call music downloaders "pirates". In reasonable terms, the worst you can say about someone who downloads a music file from a free site is that he or she "isn't helping" the artist. Real piracy -- reaching out and snatching vast sums of unearned wealth, suppressing entire careers -- is the province of the record industry.) <br /><br />At some point, Americans are going to have to distinguish between the interests of the people and those of mega-corporations. It's astonishing that they've accepted the line that both are the same for as long as they have. And the state of Net radio in the US is one clear example of the real damage that's done when you put the fox in charge of the henhouse.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255128419548313878.post-13292397545830441372015-12-23T03:30:40.108-08:002015-12-23T03:30:40.108-08:00Fight. Engage the artists make list of everyone yo...Fight. Engage the artists make list of everyone you know who might share petitions to be signed and get ready to do some serious social media battle.<br />There are politicians on both sides of the aisle who are on our side. We just need to get mobilized.<br />This POTUS election cycle will (IMHO) be the last for citizens united.<br />Whoever loses the election wil have it alsmost solely to blame and then half the country is de facto on 'our side'.<br />Tis the season for the Temporary Restraining Order as many people and gov't offices are in slowdown.<br />If we time this right, we can get people on their downtime and get them to think while they are on acation.<br />This isn't good for anybody except a few artists and record companies.<br />All we need is some proof that a small broadcaster broke a band or did something nobody else did.<br />Don't give up.<br />My station is my KID and it ain't goin' out the window with the bathwater.The Drunken Scoundrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092862354977632850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255128419548313878.post-85102123737378602412015-12-22T20:44:02.005-08:002015-12-22T20:44:02.005-08:00The suits have been trying to kill internet radio ...The suits have been trying to kill internet radio from day 1, and now, with some help from Citizen's United, they're about to get their wish. I expect 365, Shoutcast, and Tuna to lose a good half or more of their clients, likely forcing them to shut down. And with most people's listening choices once again limited to the narrow playlists imposed by the suits, unsigned and small label artists won't get heard, unless they're lucky enough to get on "American Idol", "The Voice", or Disney, and then their success will be based more on their looks than their actual talent. <br /><br />Long story short, the music industry is about to experience what happened to the auto, banking, and mortgage industries. And with this corrupt beyond the point of no return and broken beyond repair Kardashian Congress, the industry heads will get to enjoy all the benefits of a bailout, at our expense of course.Animalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720596411611722100noreply@blogger.com