| # | Name | ZIP code (to help identify your Congress district) | Optional: Thanks to Internet radio, have your CD (or music download) purchases (1) gone up, (2) stayed the same, or (3) gone down? | Optional: Do you feel that the existence of Internet radio helps or hurts the music industry? ================== | Optional: Other comments ================== | Optional: Your favorite Internet radio station(s) |
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| 51 | Anonymous | 60477 | 01 | Helps , by all means. More choice. Some commercial free. BIG plus! | If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!! | RadioParadise.
nuff said. |
| 52 | Daphne | 68005 | 01 | | | |
| 53 | Alison Kerr | 40502 | 01 | I feel that Internet radio gives exposure to independent artists, while allowing people whose local commercial radio lacks variety to hear and enjoy new music. | Please don't let this happen. Internet radio is so important; without it, there is so much music I never would have heard, and so many artists whose music I wouldn't have purchased. | Radio Paradise, hands down. |
| 54 | Mark Pfeifer | 78412 | 01 | Internet radio helps the music industry greatly. | It is time for congressional action to save internet radio from horrendous copyright fees! | WDIA Memphis
WHUR Washington
KLUX Corpus Christi |
| 55 | Christina Shetterly | 97504 | 01 | Helps. It provides an outlet for consumers to explore new and different formats not provided by their own local, commercial radio stations. | | Radio Paradise, Pandora, Shoutcast |
| 56 | Dan Zoloth Dorfman | 60202-1313 | 01 | Speaking personally, I believe it helps a great deal. My favorite channels have exposed me to artists and pieces I was not familiar with as well as putting me back in touch with old favorites I had forgotten. These exposures have led me to buy CDs so that I can listen to these artists & pieces when I want to & to hear more of them than I hear on the online radio streams. | | Radio Paradise
Accuradio |
| 57 | Aram J. Cartozian | 97220 | 01 | Internet radio helps the industry by playing artists the mainstream industry controlled stations won't. | As a producer/sound engineer in the recording industry I find these rates appalling and very discriminatory. | |
| 58 | Laurie Zello | 53150 | 04 | helps it! by building awareness and creating a demand for new music. | | |
| 59 | Agnes Warren | 40502 | 01 | IT absolutely helps it. I've had so much more exposure to new music through RP, thus my collection has expanded by leaps and bounds. | I love Radio Paradise; if it ceases to exist because of this act by RIAA, I will not listen to commercial radio. I will rely solely upon my existing collection and word-of-mouth, thus my CD-purchases will decline and, quite possibly, halt entirely. | Radio Paradise |
| 60 | Kevin Passarelli | 01566 | | Internet radio definately helps the music industry | Another ridiculous attempt to over regulate the entertainment industry! | |
| 61 | David Alan Wolters | 49456 | 01 | Helps dramatically! Without Internet Radio I don't hear musical artists that I enjoy. When I hear an artist I enjoy, I purchase their music from iTunes. | Because I hear music that I cannot hear on my local FM stations, my listening to Internet radio has dramatically increased the amount of money that I spend purchasing music for my personal music collection. | Radio Paradise |
| 62 | Carol Sandoval | 78412 | 01 | I believe it helps the music industry by exposing people such as myself to various artists that you don't normally hear. | We have no other options at work but internet radio. Please look at keeping this alive. | Accuradio - Martha's Vineyard |
| 63 | Anonymous | 77450 | 01 | The existence greatly helps the music industry as it exposes the public to new artists that otherwise would never be known. | Please help in this area. The actions of the RIAA could be considered restraint of trade and a delilberate attempt to become a monopolistic power through the use of attorneys. | radioparadise.com |
| 64 | David Price | 93906 | 01 | Definitely helps the industry. I have purchase many pieces of music I would not have been otherwise exposed to that I did discover via internet radio. | The best radio station I've ever found, radioparadise.com, is considering shutting down, due to this ruling. I have discovered and purchased many pieces of music from listening. | www.radioparadise.com |
| 65 | David Schuler | 47403 | 01 | I had almost stopped buying albums between the time corporate sameness destroyed local radio and the time I started to find internet radio. | | |
| 66 | Ryan Kramer | 66214 | 01 | Exposure for the artists, purchases for the labels. That's how it works. Where's the documented significant drawbacks in all of this? | I won't waste time telling a company how much something means to me. I'll simply ask the question of how destorying a growing branch of revenue helps a company in the long term. Users have decided they want this. The money is there to make. We just need to be smart about this. | Radio Paradise, Groove Salad |
| 67 | Kelly | 44121 | 01 | Helps. People can be easily exposed to more artists than they hear on a traditional radio station. You always know what album/artist the song is from; I think it increases awareness and knowledge of the industry. | | |
| 68 | Kurt Hanson | 60657 | 01 | I have purchased DOZENS of CDs because I was exposed to them on Internet radio! | Finally, thanks to Internet radio, I can listen to pop standards (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Buble', Diana Krall) and indie rock and Broadway and Celtic and British Invastion oldies all day long. | AccuRadio, Radio Paradise, radioio, 3WK, DI.fm, MVY Radio, Pandora, Mix 101.9/Chicago, Club 977, Ultimate 80s, WDRV/Chicago, WXRT/Chicago... |
| 69 | Rick Cannon | 36203 | 01 | I certainly feel it helps the music industry by exposing me to songs I haven't heard or have forgotten about. | | Accuradio - because of the variety, at work, at home and at my wife's work |
| 70 | William Wonka | 95969 | | | | |
| 71 | April Bowen | 48125 | 01 | Helps it definately. Once I hear something on the internet, I find out who the artist and title are so that I can (legally) download that piece to add to my own collection. | Internet radio saves my workday and helps me to identify which of the newest hits I'd like to acquire for myself. It's broadened my horizons of music appreciation and helped me to learn which artists sing the songs I like. | |
| 72 | Jeff Weir | 44001 | 01 | Helps. Provides exposure for new bands. | | Accuradio. |
| 73 | Anonymous | 94941 | 01 | In my situation, it helps the music industry. Radio Paradise, the online station I patronize - exposes me to all types of new music, much of which I end up purchasing | Please keep the variety available to music fans. Please do not drive internet radio out of business - it is the great equalizer for musicians big and small.
thanks | RADIO PARADISE!!!! |
| 74 | Zosia Krusberg | 60637 | 01 | | | |
| 75 | William Swadley | 90041 | 01 | Helps of course by promoting a wide-range of artists who all have CD's to sell. | | Radio Paradise |
| 76 | Oliver Savage | 90024 | 01 | | | Accuradio |
| 77 | Nancy Vinella | 11375 | 01 | I think it HELPS the industry. Artists have more exposure to a greater audience when played on an Internet radio station. I, for one, have sought out CDs based on songs I've heard by listening to Internet radio. | | AccuRadio - for Celtic, 80s, Standards, Latin
CMT.com - for country |
| 78 | suzanne | 32570 | 04 | I believe it is no different that regular landbased radio, except without the dj's. I really enjoy the diversity of music I can listen to. | This site brings so much enjoyment. | AccuRadio.com |
| 79 | Davud Hyde | 30041 | 04 | Definitely helps. | | AccuRadio
WKTZ
WJAX
WXBM |
| 80 | Paula O'Neal | 71105 | 01 | Helps, since I had literally STOPPED buying music because mainstream radio didn't play anything I wanted to purchase. | | Radio Paradise
Pandora |
| 81 | Donna Urban | 80112 | | | | |
| 82 | Anonymous | | 01 | | testing testing | |
| 83 | Anonymous | 85234 | 02 | HELPS. | KEEP RADIO FREE!!! | ACCU-RADIO |
| 84 | Marty Albini | 59718 | 01 | Silly question! Of course it helps. It's exposure, just like FM radio is. | | Radio Paradise
KCRW
Folk Alley |
| 85 | Kimberly Au | 37377 | 04 | Helps by introducing new/old music to listeners. | | Accuradio.com
www.mpr.org |
| 86 | Rob Bleetstein | 94901 | 01 | Helps immensely | | radioio.com |
| 87 | Dan Sonnier, MD | 94598-3421 | 01 | Personally, I avoid mainstream radio. It has become unimportant to me, and has no influence on my CD purchasing. Internet radio exposes me to more quality music, and shapes my consumerism. | The RIAA needs to rethink its royalty relationship with internet radio stations to allow for them to remain in business and promote their product. | RadioParadise is the prototype and standard-bearer for internet radio. |
| 88 | Leesa Freed | | 02 | helps it. this way the artists are heard by individuals who would usually not have access or interest in their music. | | AccuRadio |
| 89 | Anonymous | 84101 | 01 | I think it helps the music industry. I have been introduced to so many new artists and genres through internet radio. As a result, I have gone out and purchased CD's or purchased singles via iTunes. | | Accuradio. |
| 90 | Anonymous | 64000 | 01 | i think help | | accu radio |
| 91 | Anonymous | 86004 | 04 | helps | | all of them |
| 92 | Terry Silver | 08109 | 01 | It absolutely helps.
I have been exposed to and supported artists that I never would have heard on commercial radio. | | Radio Paradise |
| 93 | adam christensen | 46202 | 01 | Helps small market bands and bands that do not cater to the whims of popular american culture gain exposure. I know I have personally purchased more CDs since listening to internet radio. | The radio industry has been ruined by an infestation of David broadcasting companies hell bent on turning profits despite suffocating independent radio. The internet is independent radio's last frontier, and large broadcast company lobbies should not be allowed to squash this shrinking performance space. | accuradio |
| 94 | Anonymous | 93510 | 01 | Helps. you can check out a band before you buy a CD. | | Accuradio |
| 95 | Gary Burris | 34117 | 01 | Helps. It got me purchasing CDs and iTunes titles again. | | Radio Paradise |
| 96 | ROSALINDA RIOS | | | | Internet radio makes my life happier, easier to live. I always listen it at work. Good moments I spent,with company.
Rosalinda Rios | |
| 97 | Jonathan Fox | 32301 | 01 | | | AccuRadio |
| 98 | Jason Cabe | 18202 | 01 | If it were not for Internet Radio, I would probably purchase much less new music. Internet Radio exposes me to new music, and genre's I have never heard of which causes me to purchase more Cd's. I do not listen to conventional radio unless I have to. | Please do not allow the proposed rates to go through. This would destroy several small businesses and mom & pop internet radio providers. This would stifle a new technology, and cause anti-trust lawsuits. Prevent the chaos and voter outrage now before it's too late. | www.radioparadise.com
www.shoutcast.com
www.somafm.com |
| 99 | Anonymous | 90230 | 01 | | | |
| 100 | Anonymous | 60445 | 01 | It helps the industry. I find new music to buy. | Please lower internet royalty rates | Favorite ACCURADIO |