Net radio will pull plug this week to protest fees
Hundreds of Internet radio stations plan to go silent Wednesday to protest proposed record-label royalty payments they say would endanger their industry.Setting Fire to Hollywood’s Plans for the Net: The GeekPAC StoryRadio Free Virgin, Stanford University’s KZXU, Choice Radio and KING of Seattle are some of the Web radio services that will take part with either total silence or non-stop public service announcements on the issue.
The idea of a Geek Political Action Committee (PAC) to save the Net’s commons from Hollywood is quickly catching fire. And it started right here.
