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POPSTell Congress to preserve Net Neutrality Act Now You can help make the internet faster, more open and accessible to all. Tell Congress to preserve Net Neutrality and help ensure that the benefits and promise of the Internet are available to all Americans. 1Sign the petition and send a message to Congress 2Call your members of Congress 3Write a letter to your hometown newspaper 4Support the SavetheInternet.com Ad Fund 5Promote SavetheInternet on your blog or site 6Tell five friends to join the fight for Internet freedom
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POPSFreePress : Verge of turning over our public Internet airwaves to the same giant phone and cable co
FreePress.net sent out this alert yesterday Imagine having a fast connection to an open Internet wherever you go, without needing a telephone wire or cable modem. The FCC could make this happen. Instead they’re on the verge of turning over our public Internet airwaves to the same giant phone and cable companies that control high-speed access for more than 96 percent of American users. Don’t let the FCC give away our wireless Internet to these price-gouging giants. We need to use these public airwaves to connect more Americans to an open, neutral and affordable Internet. And this is what I appended at the beginning of the comment field: The idea of using the existing TV spectrum for widely available broadband is tremendously exciting. As a business owner, I could see that this might spark a wave of creative entrepreneurship like the original dotcom boom a decade ago, and create useful technologies we can only dream of currently. Open access is the way to d
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POPSOpenNet Initiative Internet censorship and surveillance are growing global phenomena. ONI’s mission is to identify and document Internet filtering and surveillance, and to promote and inform wider public dialogue about such practices.
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POPSRescue Internet Radio Online music is in danger. After intense lobbying by giant music labels, the Copyright Royalty Board dramatically increased the rates webcasters must pay to stream online music. The change is so severe that it could force most independent and noncommercial Internet radio off the Web. Musicians, webcasters and listeners have joined forces to reverse the CRB decision. The bipartisan "Internet Radio Equality Act of 2007" was introduced in the House by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Donald Manzullo (R-Ill.) and in the Senate by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.). The legislation would reverse the CRB decision in favor of a balanced structure that supports artists without putting webcasters out of business. We need to stop the bad rules before they go into effect on July 15. Sign this petition to urge your member of Congress to pass the Internet Radio Equality Act. Click here
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POPSSpoutin' Off: Save the Internet radio Whether you listen to Internet Radio or not, you still have a stake in the outcome of this fight. If you don't want the mega-corporations to control it all, contact your congressperson and ask them to support H.R. 2060. It has to happen by July 15th when the new fee structure goes into effect. If the Copyright Royalty board isn't stopped, it's hard to say, without buying a recording unheard, how or where you'll be able to find any music from independent or noncommercial artists. An organization called SaveNetRadio is leading the charge. Their Web site is www.savenetradio.org. As they put it, if we don't do something, July 15 could become known as "The Day the Music Died."
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POPShttp://www.savenetradio.org/index.html Action Alert Listeners, Broadcasters, and interested parties - Sign the Petition - Support Internet Radio Recent government action has dramatically increased the fees internet radio companies must pay to play the music you enjoy and threatens the future of internet radio. You can help, let your voice be heard.
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