Pandora’s Tim Westergren Weighs In
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Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora and the Music Genome Project, has been talking up Internet radio and what the Copyright Royalty Board’s March 2nd decision means to Internet radio webcasters, his company, and its legions of fans.
Internet radio is hostage to a blatantly discriminatory double standard that was written into the federal statute
governing webcasting several years ago, following an intensive lobbying effort by the RIAA. We need to redress this, and create a more level playing field - one that of course rewards musicians for their work (I spent years in a band van myself and have always been driven by a desire to lift up musicians), and one that also understands the business realities, and benefits of online radio.
Recently Tim sat down for an informative web interview with the guys over at the Download Squad:
Tim’s interview earlier this month with college Internet radio station KCSCradio.com’s Felix Thursday is here:
KSCSradio.com wants everyone to download and distribute the Tim Westergren interview.
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Hi, I’m from germany. A half year ago a friend told me of pandora internet radio. since then, I’ve learned to know a lot before to me unknown artists, and what i did not expect: i bought a lot of new cds, because my interest in new music, or music i didn’t hear long time on “normal” terrestrial radio stations, was stimulated. so all in all i think internet radio helps the music industry to sell their music - right?
greetinx
Franz Burgner