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The Senate voted Tuesday to pass HR. 7084, the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008! GovTrack.Us says the bill passed the Senate by “Unanimous Consent.”
Should the President sign it into law, the act law will allow internet radio stations such as Pandora to negotiate rates with music rights holders.
I’ve heard (and purchased) more new music since I found Pandora than I have in years. Thanks to everyone who called on behalf of the bill!
Just watched the Vice Presidential Debate. Both candidates fared largely how I expected. I did cringe every time Palin said “nucular.” That drives me nuts.
I also thought Palin frequently sounded a lot like the weathergirl she once was. On some of her answers I couldn’t help but think of the way newscasters sometimes talk to fill in the time. Like when they jump quickly from one sentence to another without enough pause.
Will this sway anyone one way or another? Only time will tell.
Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of Pandora, needs your help. Please call Senators Burr and Dole today and urge them to support the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 so that great online music sources such as Pandora can continue to thrive. It might not hurt to remind them that their pal Jesse Helms supported Internet radio.
I just called and I hope you will, too. Below is Tim’s email:
Hi, it’s Tim from Pandora;
Today, thanks to the extraordinary support of many Pandora listeners, we took a giant step forward when the House of Representatives supported Pandora and Internet radio and passed the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008. Now we need your help so that the Senate will pass it also – and quickly… The finish line is in sight!
After a yearlong negotiation, Pandora, SoundExchange and the RIAA are finally optimistic about reaching an agreement on royalties that would save Pandora and Internet radio. The legislation would give us the extra time we need to finalize the deal.
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Barack Obama does Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” though some amazing editing. Where do people find the time?
I’m surprised this only has 417,411 views.
(ht COD)
Yeah, I know I’m a Democrat, but I gotta admit that Joe Biden said something really dumb in an interview with Katie Couric the other day:
When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, “look, here’s what happened.”
Roosevelt on television in 1929. Um, yeah. Joe obviously wasn’t paying attention in college.
Republicans managing the economy: EPIC FAIL.
Here’s a great analysis of what helped it happen (thanks, Phil Gramm!) and why we need to think very carefully before signing a $700,000,000,000 bailout check.
I cast my first vote as a member of the Parks board last night, approving the placement of Jim Gallucci’s Immigrant Gate sculpture at Millbrook Exchange Park. It was a no-brainer vote and a unanimous one, too. If only all my votes were that easy.
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Check out this Youtube video which takes apart McCain’s misleading and deceitful campaign commercials.
And to think I once respected John McCain. What was I thinking?
Well, she sure is purdy.
Alongside the obligatory lose-your-gut articles, the latest issue of Men’s Health ranks Raleigh America’s Most Political City.
MT.Net readers will be happy to know that Raleigh beat out metropolises (metropoli?) like Montgomery, Alabama (#2) and Little Rock, Arkansas (#3) for this honor. It just doesn’t get more exciting than this, folks.
