I just spoke with Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora, and he told me a SoundExchange exec just promised — in front of Congress — that SoundExchange will not enforce the collection of webcaster royalties under the new rates that would have driven many of them out of business.

Great news for internet radio, and it makes me glad that I actually took the time to call my senators and representative yesterday.

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So the denied the plea to delay the massive royalty hike that could easily devestate webcasters, such as my personal favorite, Pandora.

So the only choice left is to bombard senators with calls to advocate the Internet Radio Equality Act.

 I called both Arizona Senators McCain and Kyle, and neither have yet taken a position on this issue.

I called Congressman Mitchell as well and found out he already is a co-sponsor of the bill. Woot!

 If anyone else is calling their senator I’d love to know the responses that you are getting. To get the numbers for your representative go here:

http://www3.capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/alert_9738601.html

Also they have a nice script that you can use to talk about the issue if you want. I know I always get nervous about what I should say exactly.