Over the last 20 years, terrestrial radio has been dismantled to the point where it's represented by a few monolithic companies. If you care about Internet radio and don't want to see the same consolidation occur on the Internet, sign the petition at savethestreams.org.

Without a change in the latest royalty scheme lobbied for by the RIAA and forced through the Copyright Royalty Board on March 2nd, excellent services like Pandora will be forced to disappear. This ultimately limits your choice of music because only the artificially-created, over-hyped 'payola-supported' stars will get play time. When an artificial market limits exposure of small and upstart artists, it silences them by limiting their ability to make enough money to continue to create.

So, if you want more Britney Spears, do nothing. If you want a rich, eclectic choice, sign the petition now.

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