Rep. Sensenbrenner explains
Dear Listener
Please fax and call your Congressional reps in the House of Representatives TODAY - Ask them to support a vote on and Yeah vote for passage of H.R. 5469, the Save Internet Radio Act. It's a bill that will be voted on soon by the House of Representatives This bill will stay the execution of hundreds of Internet radio stations while appeals are pending in the courts.
On October 20th new copyright royalties must be paid by Internet radio services. Hundreds of small Internet radio services have already shut down as a result and many hundreds more services cannot afford the royalty and will shut down when thoses payments are due.
As an Internet Radio listener and a voter, We need you to call TODAY and ask your reps in the House of Represenatives to support H.R. 5469 and allow these webcasters to stay in business while the court considers their appeals.
Please get your congressmen and women to vote for H.R. 5469 -- SAVE Internet Radio. - this station depends on your action in the next couple of days. Visit Congress.org - punch in your 9 digit zip code and get all the information on your reps. Yes, please fax and call by Congress until this page disappears.
Reps by state and their phone numbers here
Here's how to call your rep, and get their support on HR 5469:
1. Go to http://www.congress.org and type in your zip code.
or 1b) go here to our list of Reps and phone numbers.
2. Call your Representative's DC office. It has a 202 area code.
3. When someone answers, ask to speak with the person who handles
internet issues.
4. Introduce yourself as one of their constituents. (And if you voted
for them, let them know. If you didn't, well, don't bring that up!).
5. Tell them "I am calling to ask your support for H.R. 5469, which is
up for a vote tomorrow, October 1st. The bill will provide a stay the execution
of hundreds of Internet radio stations while an appeal on the CARP
ruling is pending in the courts. If this bill isn't passed, webcasters
will have to pay the current excessive and unfair CARP fees by October
20th, and those fees will put most- if not all- small American webcasters out of
business."
If you're feeling talkative, you could mention that you love the musical
diversity that internet radio providers, and that internet radio has
exposed you to all sorts of different musical artists you wouldn't have
been exposed to otherwise.
Here is a complete call script you can edit and personalize
NEW House Fax numbers.
To find fax numbers go to Congress.org
Enter your zip code up top where it says Write Elected Officials - Press Go
Your reps come up next page - press info under their picture and all the office numbers are there.
Sample Fax copy below - just copy and paste into a word processor and fax to your rep.
NEW House Fax numbers.
Vote FOR H.R. 5469!
Dear Representative ___________________:
Please support H.R. 5469, a bill that will be voted on soon by the House of Representatives, and stay the execution of hundreds of Internet radio stations while appeals are pending in the courts.
On October 20 a new copyright royalty must be paid by Internet radio services. Hundreds of small Internet radio services have already shut down as a result and many hundreds more services cannot afford the royalty and will shut down when the payment is due.
As a listener to Internet radio, I ask you to support H.R. 5469 and allow these webcasters to stay in business while the court considers their appeal.
Please vote for H.R. 5469 -- SAVE Internet radio!
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