On March 2, 2007 the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which oversees sound recording royalties paid by Internet radio services, increased Internet radio's royalty burden between 300 and 1200 percent and thereby jeopardized the industry’s future.
Owners of internet radio stations agree that it is impossible to keep broadcasting with royalities that high. Sound streams in second life are considered as internet radio too. In the case that Congress go with this proposition, many internet radio's will die, and in second life many sims will stay silent.
Please, act now. There is no much time left because 15th of June is the D-day of internet radio. Sign the petition, call your representatives, do whatever you can. Don't let the music disappears from our world!
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