save our internet radio

this is a post taken from my personal blog, bloomingdale (for now).  i believe this is a relevant political issue that this community can really rally around.

alright, i'd like to enlist other blogs and people out there to pay attention to an important issue: the future of internet radio.

some quick background: i listen to radio paradise every day at work.  it's the soundtrack to my day, and without the quality music running in the background, each day in my cube would be enormously less interesting.  i am a supporting listener of radio paradise, meaning that i've donated money to bill and rebecca goldsmith to help keep their great station running.  now, bill has let all the listeners know that a new ruling from the u.s. copyright office could shut down radio paradise, as well as other internet radio stations, because the fees would be more than they could possibly handle.

currently, bill is waiting to hear from some experienced attorneys to determine what the best step would be to take to ensure that some agreement can be reached that will keep internet radio from being irreparably damaged.  in the meantime, read his blog post here at the saveourinternetradio.com website.  i'll update my blog when something new is announced, but basically, i'm hoping you'll all take interest in this, and help with potentially lobbying the relevant members of congress if that happens to be the direction that things should go in in the near future.

thanks for you interest and attention to this.  and while you're at it, give radio paradise a listen, and maybe send a few dollars to bill and rebecca.  they do yeoman's work and deserve our support for their fantastic efforts.

[crossposted at bloomingdale (for now)]

•  my first diary

  i hope this can generate some constructive comments and thoughts.  i really feel like this is something worth fighting for.

  by IMGoph on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 06:24:08 AM PDT

  •  Good diary

    It is indeed worth fighting for.

    by klw1963 on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 06:49:14 AM PDT

•  Radio Paradise for the win!

  It is an amazing station and thanks to this diary I think I'm going to turn off iTunes and kick it over to RP.

  by Nolan on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 06:51:14 AM PDT

•  Speaking of Internet radio

  I've long been an RP listener, but (long story short), I can't have Flash and streaming audio working at the same time.  Are there any Flash-based internet radio stations?  (This would work like YouTube, but for audio only and streaming.)

  by RequestedUsername on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 07:04:27 AM PDT

  •  I get RP through iTunes

    Does that not work for you?

    by Nolan on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 07:13:36 AM PDT

    •  Can't run iTunes

      Also, the latest version of Flash has broken audio on my machine (it locks the audio device so no other programs can use it).

      by RequestedUsername on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 07:42:26 AM PDT