Really Important Please Help Save Internet Radio.

Greeting All,

I hate to do this, but, I have an important political issue to mass email about.

New royalty rates are threatening to put an end to way I and other
internet broadcasters like myself enjoy their hobby. Please call your
senator or congressman and urge them to support the Internet Radio
Equality Act. so that we as internet broadcasters, and internet radio
listeners can continue to enjoy our hobby and exercise our first
amendment right to free speech unabated.

In most of my broadcasts I am capable of ceasing to use copyrighted
material. However, being able to afford to use copyrighted martial
as bumper music is a very important option to have, especially when it
comes to shows that are in a talk radio formate as is the case with
Let's Talk Trains. I have also begun to venture into FM style internet
broadcasting which is impossible without the ability to afford to play
copyrighted works.

As an aspiring recoding artist myself, I understand the work that goes
into recording music and think that artists and studio production team
members should get properly compensated for the work that they do.
However, I do not think that internet radio should be paying third
party organizations like the RIAA more in royalties then broadcast
radio!

Most of internet broadcasting is done by people like me who simply do
it as a hobby that they enjoy for little or no pay. I think we have a
right to do this. And, I don't think the record companies off all
people should be trying to silence us and infringe upon our rights.

Thanks for the help,

Please visit http://www.savenetradio.org/index.html for more info.

Sincerely,

"Dispatcher/Outsource" Nicolas Jackson

Co-Host Producer Let's Talk Trains
Producer NicolasJackson.com Podcast
Producer NicolasJackson.com Radio Show
DJ in Training Skyblueradio.com