“Day of Silence” coming to Internet radio on June 26

Skirge writes… 

I keep looking for "happier" news, but I keep running into this darn DRM, copyright, or other "bad" things.  Anyway, some internet radio stations are trying to make June 26th a day of silence protesting the imposition of excessive fees, which may very well put most stations out of business.

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In March, the Copyright Royalty Board announced that it would raise royalties for Internet broadcasters, moving them from a per-song rate to a per-listener rate. The increase would be made retroactive to the beginning of 2006 and would double over the next five years.

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