internet entertainment at risk – urgent

The Federal Trade Commission, in another spasm of stupidity rivaling the wardrobe malfunction punititive punishment crackdown on wayward nippledom, decided that all that great music streaming over the internet needed to be compensated.

So they came up with a lunatic royalty scheme that will effectively shut down the most original formats since the days of fm infancy come this July 15.

I think Clear Channel’s got ’em on the payroll. Whatever. If you’ve ever listened, and enjoyed, New Orleans WWOZ, Cal State’s K-Jazz or SKY.fm via your iTunes radio channel, then check out www.savenetradio.org for details. The countdown’s getting closer.