<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Nooooooooooo!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>When Time Westergren spoke to us here at work a while back he said that the new royalty license law was going to be trouble. Now it looks like it&#8217;s going to <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5038049/pandora-internet-radio-cant-take-royalty-rates-will-likely-close-the-box" target="_blank">kill Pandora</a>.</p>
<p>This is a great loss. I&#8217;m completely hooked on it, and it&#8217;s the best thing that&#8217;s ever happened to music broadcasting.</p>
<p>Your tax dollars at work, stifling innovation yet again.</p>
<p>A note to your congresscritter couldn&#8217;t hurt.</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>:</p>
<blockquote><p>A coworker emailed a friend at Pandora. Here&#8217;s the word:</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no new news &#8211; the same battle that we&#8217;ve been in for over a year.  Not sure why the wash post chose now to cover it, but that&#8217;s what got gizmodo all up in it too.</p>
<p>So, negotiations continue, and the central place for info/rallying is <a href="//www.savenetradio.org&gt;." target="_blank">www.savenetradio.org</a>.</p></blockquote>
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