Performance Tax on Local Radio Stations

In case you haven't heard the news, the RIAA is at it again. This time around they want to levy a performance tax on local radio stations.  If we owners and operators both of terrestrial and internet radio stations, as well as the listeners of said stations,  do not take a united front on this, we all lose. The local radio stations and the internet stations will not be able to afford to stay on the air if these ridiculous performance taxes are allowed to pass in Washington.

When the RIAA went after the internet radio stations a couple years ago, we ran ads on our stations and had an organized day of silence in protest, we called and wrote our state representatives, we passed the information on to our friends and family to do the same until it was clear that the RIAA was not going to win and gave up. It is now time to stand once again united and say NO! NO!! NOO!!! Loud and clear NO more taxes on our radio stations!

Get involved now!!   

http://www.noperformancetax.org/

Get the full story from the following sources;


http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/08/radio-internet-royalties-business-beltway-radio.html
http://www.noperformancetax.com/en/Radio%20at%20Risk
http://media.www.dakotastudent.com/media/storage/paper970/news/2010/01/29/News/Bill-Jeopardizes.Campus.Radio-3860891.shtml
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/84637477.html