Yeah Baby, Thats What I Like...!!! :D
My faith in the system is looking a little bit
better, but like you said we are not out of the
weeds yet.. I urge everyone to please make more
calls, even calls thanking those that have
supported the internet radio equality act. The internet is still pretty much a new media, one the bigger businesses need to learn to embrace, and not oppose, maybe in the end of all this we might be able to get them to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel... thanks for such a great service..,and lets see its continued success...;)

I called my representatives in Congress.

Good luck Tim

Thank you for what you do and your great efforts to maintain this vital service. I hope to enjoy this for many years to come...

I was going to record Jazz with Windows Media Encoder till it shut down. Guess now I can take a break for a while...

We have a US Congressman and a New York Assemblyman from Corning,NY I will be contacting them both...

I called my senator and congressman. Got thru to both. Didn't think my call would make any difference...but maybe? Didn't tnink anyone could fuck with the Internet, well guess what. I personaaly hate the "Big Guys" winning all the time. Thanks for your music station.

I got a quick response back from Ron Wyden
here in Oregon.. He says he will continue to fight to keep internet radio available to everyone. So I gave him a call again, thanking him for his support and quick response back. As for the other two I guess Im going to be calling them back a few more times, and hopefully sometime in the future I can call them again thanking them also...

If Congress would just sit back and enjoy the product as much as I do, they just might be convinced. I mean hearing music that you actually enjoy and purchase.

Keep up the great work guys. I'll keep listening and calling.

i havetotally enjoyed pandora since i found it andi dontwant to lose it its too cool ill do everything i can to save thisgreat service good luck

If the corporate powerhouses that want the pie for themselves would only realize that more exposure only increases the consumer's appetite, they would pay Pandora! I have bought more music in the last year, thanks to Pandora, than I had in the previous TEN years. They do not think pragmatically, but only to satisfy the stockholders' lust for a show of immediate profit. (And I say this as a stockholder in some major companies...)

I have to confess I'd totally lost interest in music, and particularly buying music, years ago. Maybe it was being constantly barraged with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake wherever I went soured me on the American music industry. Pandora is the ONLY way I know to hear new music that I actually LIKE and BUY. If the music industry kills you, it's not just you it's themselves they're hurting.

I wonder how much of that money actually gets back to the artist.

We've got to keep this site alive.

When will people wake up and realise how beneficial this site is to artists and the music industry alike.

I'm sure everyone that uses this site has discovered so many new artists through it, resulting in more sales, more happy people and increasing the Pandora good karma around the globe.

Glad to hear some postitive news!!

Keep the pioneering spirit ALIVE!!

Metal Rules

Pandora Music Rules .

hey i just moved here to springfield,mo i dont know who my congresman is but i will check it out!and will make that call,thanks for a killer radio service!!! !

hey its saturday icalled all the missouri congressmen&women!left a message voicing my concerns!asses in washington!!

It is helpful to the cause to provide easily accesible contact information using zip codes. Some sites have set this up so listeners could have direct numbers to call their district legislators. Some have even provided some key speaking points to discuss ( Accuradio ). Just a suggestion that I thought was helpful that Pandora may want to implement.

I called my Congressman the same day I received your email! I am glad to hear about the improvement of the current situation. Since discovering your website, I have told all my friends and family about this station and I have personally enjoyed all the music this station has to offer. I wish you continued success with the future development of your company.

Thanks,

Thomas

Hello Tim,
Thank God for people like you that loves music!
I want to say that this station is worth fighting for! I called, I wrote several times and I am so glad that I can still listen. I think it is a wonderful station and some of the CD's I have ordered I would have never done without this station. I love gospel and it has it all. Thank you so much Tim for doing such a good job with this station. I have all my friends listening and writing to save it...
A job well done is worth fighting for.
Fran

I would call, but I'm not in or from the US of A. Good luck!

I am so glad that we have at least gotten a reprieve on this. I have emailed both Senators from NC and urged them based on their supposed support of small business opportunity. I love Pandora and am grateful for the opportunity to hear artists that I might otherwise not hear. Keep on believing!!!

It's hard to believe they listened at all thankfully they did.I called local government twice and got through twice.they even remembered me.I am working on my first CD and hope to submit it to Pandora soon.

i've called my congressman and senators, s.c. and asked for their support, had some friends do the same... but here in s.c. its all about the $$$. don't know if it'll help but we're behind ya.

I have spoken to the people in Ed Markeys office many times! and all they others in MA. We love our Pandora. Looks like a few thank you calls are in order. Keep up the great work Tim.

Pandora.com is the best free music service on the net.

User-friendly does not begin to describe how easy it is to use Pandora.com.

I have 5 stations set up so far, and a list of songs I can reference whenever I want to for purchase or downloading.

To be able to create a station based on a song you love, hear that song and others just like it that you may not have heard in years is fabulous to me.

You have my support and thanks for giving me something so wonderful.

I feel so helpless. I can't bear to think of losing Pandora. Is there anything else we can do after we've called our representatives?

I work at an elementary school and have introduced it to the staff there who are enjoying Pandora as much as I. I called our Reps from VT and will make sure others do as well.

I do belive that with the fast paste that our country is changing that they want to take a way for the people to enjoy themselves. I called my senitors.

This is one the best internet radio stations out there. You must continue to fight to listen to what you want when you want. That is what this country was built on. Individuals have the right to choose. Developing your own style of music without interruption is perfect. Great company and I wish you the best.

Thomas

Just read your blog and thought this quote was appropriate for your team: "You can’t change anything by fighting or resisting it. You change something by making it obsolete through superior methods." – Buckminster Fuller

You are changing the delivery method - making others obsolte. I just found your station 30 minutes ago and I'll call my reps on Monday morning. Good luck and God bless!

P-A-N-O-R-A
There are any radio stations that play the music we want to here when we want to here it, I thought. Then along comes PANDORA. Local, Satellite, H.D. radio stations has been blown out of the waters.
All that is left is have away for me to take PANDORA where ever I go.

AND IT'S FREE

Checking in from CT. Emails work well too, they have to spend the time to write back. Since it's in print and can be seen again they even get other aides involved to double check the answer. I brought it up in Sen. Liebermans office and found they had a committee to answer 'personal' Emails. It takes an extra few minutes to type one out but...The more involved they have to get the more you have affected their work routine. Good work radioland!!!
kensolar

Hey, I have been listening to PANDORA for almost a year. It give me artist that I may not have heard before. It plays what I want to hear. It is the best, of any radio station out there. I will do what I need to do to keep it. To my all of my lawmakers out there. DON'T MESS WITH MY MUSIC!!!!!!!!. PANDORA WILL LIVE!!!!!!!!! FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE AND LOVE!!!!!!!!!

I hadn't bought any music for about 12 years until I heard music on Pandora that I would NEVER have even known to look (listen) for! Same for my 14 year old son, who can hear things on Pandora, then buy them on iTunes.

Of course the artists need to get royalties (they do need to eat, and pay for gas, and buy instuments), and I admire Pandora for working their [bleeps] off to keep it all going right for everyone.

So what exactly is happening? If Tim gets the CD's, can't he do whatever he wants with them? It's his choice, isn't it?

GOOD LUCK!!! i hope to be listening to pandora when i'm a grandmother.

Hey everyone,

If there is one thing we can do in a democracy.. This is it save the internet.Lets keep bugging the legislature to pass laws..for the same rights as the terrestrial radio.

I hope that all users of this fantastic service will demand action against the RIAA. This company has been rocking faces since it's inception...

to arranged my media player for me because i have a problem with i cant'not here all of this song

now

hell yeah

Thank you.
I did the e-mail thing but I think all the Cal. reps are in the record company's pockets.

jack

im not from usa but i would just like to say good luck and keep fighting.

i love to listen to pandora when im playing online RPG games. i don't think i could play many game online if i couldnt listen to the music in the background.

do good luck guys im there with ya.

You can look at it like this. When you go to the club, you pay your cover charge to the door staff and go inside, where you hear the music the DJ is spinning. Think of the Internet like this nightclub, and your ISP is the door staff - give them money and they grant you access. You don't pay extra to hear the music, it's just THERE. And there's definitely nobody keeping track of what the DJ plays, how long each record spins and how many people hear it. That would be just ridiculous.

PS thank you for being commercial-free.

Article in Seattle Times quoting Westergren:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003788627_webradiofees14.html?syndication=rss

We need to email (or phone) Jay Inslee (D-WA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and all our other representatives and senators who are supporting Internet Radio. Do a Google search, go to their websites, and send them a message of support and gratitude.

I called my representatives from the state of Maryland to keep the internet music service going forever. You guys do an excellent job providing the best kinds of music by choice. I really absolutely enjoy your service. Keep up the good work!!! Good Luck to all of you. God Bless you all!!! From: Diane Of Annapolis, Maryland

hey i dont own a radio!the need for music is very powerful!!!thanks for pandora!! !

I made my first phone call to my respective representatives Friday. I hope this works out.

You put my comment in Leona's spot. The one about working on my first CD.
Ron McAdaragh

GLAD TO HEAR MAYBE THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG- IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION- THX TIM- for all your efforts

Tim's information output + individuals timely response = power----zero-0-tolerance for injustice---power to the people.-WOW- y'all are incredible.-----mb

Like others here, I had pretty much given up on Radio Stations and buying music became a pain as most of the POP music that fills the racks is utter crap. I found PANDORA while sitting in a quiet office and needing something to fill the emptiness. I have been 100% hooked ever since and just bought a SLIMDEVICE Squeezebox which hooks into PANDORA like hand in glove. I now have access to my stations and quality sound.

The single most important thing that the music industry needs to know is that through this we have found many artists that we like enough to buy their records now. This is a direct result from having access to a vast and well organized library via PANDORA and the net. We are only making purchases now due to this access. There is a direct relationship to access, intrest and sales and if the marketing guys at the music and media companies don't see this then they should rub their eyes and go back to school. They should see PANDORA and others as just another marketing method albeit much softer than their push to sell the next million of some glitter and bling-bling POP production. The artists should and probably do understand this.

I doubt that anyone here "RIPS" and bootlegs songs, but rather most are exposed and excited about the music and buy more CDs.... Right?

Anyway... Thanks and let's hope that our combined pressure wakes enough people

It's late, but I called. Good luck Pandora!

I wrote letters! -- the power of old fashion ink and paper!
Yay!
:)

I have bought more music from different artist since listening to Pandora, than ever before. They just don't get it. Internet radio creates revenue. I called my congressmen.

Keep it up Tim.

Save Pandora ,I call my senator, Gracias por la musica.

Thanks, Tim!

I am loving Pandora, and I hope that those jack-asses in the House and Senate will come to their senses and realize that they are only hurting the music industry by doing this crap.

Peace.

I grew up with 80's music when artists began exploring new musical styles, instruments (synths and samplers) and rhythms. That was such an awesome musical era, as musicians were creating their own trademark sound, and many bands had infectious songs that just stayed with you.

Ironic thing is, there still is musical discovery with awesome bands emerging- but you won't find them listening to your local radio station.

You know where to tune in...
Long Live Pandora!

I thank God for Pandora. Now I pray that it will continue. We enjoy it so much.

I contactd my representative, the first time I've ever taken political action like that. I only discovered Pandora a few months ago, and I am married to it!!! I listen all day at work and absolutely believe this company is on the best path to revolutionizing music listening. Thanks to all. Keep it alive!!!! I wish I lived in CA so I could work at Pandora... or, at the very least, have a proper ceremony...ROFL

i love this station. i love the music it has lead me to and that is now a major influence in my life. i will help to make things better

Called 2 Senators and one Congressman. Again.
I hope they get the message - Will be a little . . . peeved if this collapses after buying a squeezebox to enjoy the best music available. Congress made a BIG mistake allowing conglomerates to buy up local stations. There is nothing but garbage to listen to in this town. Gave up on MM Jukebox when they kept slipping in Brittney Spears and the like - Payola lives, even in the internet - but fortunately not here. I hope it stays this way.
Keep up the good work.

I just want to thank you for ALL your efforts to give us the good music you do, Tim......what an amazing site! Words cannot express how glad I was when I went to Pandora and it was still functioning! Hooray!

After leaving my job as DJ in Philadelphia during 76 to 80 I must confess that I lost almost all interest in RADIO Stations and their play lists. Pandora brought back the music I enjoyed and helped me discover many newer artists that have never hit commercial radio at all. Now I buy from Itunes and Amazon on a regular basis. The greatest thing about Pandora is you never know what will be on next but you know it's going to be good. Keep up the good work and fight the good fight!

Just a message of support from a former non-US user. I just bought an album I discovered thanks to the few hours I spent listening to Pandora (I had barely found anything worthwhile of buying for several months).
That's a testimony that Internet radios can actually raise record sales.
Good luck in doing the right thing !

Happily my Congress critters are all on board. Would it be too radical to suggest a little of the "B" word?

Let's face it, the artists aren't helped by this scam. Independent artists will be harmed. These goons and bullies cite slumping CD sales as one reason for this banditry. But what if there were no CD sales? What if corporations who advertise through broadcast radio knew no one was listening to the stations? What if music venue owners threw a concert and no one showed? If these guys want to use money as a weapon, they need a reminder that it works both ways.

Just a something to think about ...

I thank the Lord for Pandora and I have said many prayers for it to continue its good work for all of us wonderful listeners who can not live with out it! It is the best thing since music was ever invented!!! I listen to it everyday at work and love the selections of artists. I am a big lover of jazz music and was raised with great jazz music at home. I will keep my prayers going and believe with faith that Pandora will live forever!

I called my conressman and emailed my sens. Keep up the good music!

This is my first time listening to Pandora's box. Ilike it and I think it is important to fight to keep the internet as free from excess taxation, which will only serve a sellect few in positions of power! If they have their way it will have a horrible effect on free speech! So don't give up! Thnx.

Mass. is behind Pandora and free internet radio. Sen Kerry is a cosponsor and Congressman Frank and Sen Kennedy are taking opinions. All were receptive to my call. Fellow Mass-holes call Kennedy and Frank! :)

Hi all!
Hi Tim,

First at all this is an off-topic. Today in News Factor [Frederick Lane] said: "No Doomsday Yet for Internet Radio" said: "Sunday, July 15, was supposed to be the day that Internet music died: A new fee schedule was set to go into effect, including a $500 "per channel" minimum fee." I am strongly disagree as many people in the both sides : Users and Business. I ask Why call it "radio"? Internet Radio it is not radio. The source of meaning is totally different. Why we need a License? As I say to Tim couple months ago:
"
I believe in the Cyberspace, not in Global things. We suppose that the Cyberspace is "global" by their self. Imagine, for example one user from USA, but is connecting from a "foreign" country [the system check the IP] and lock the user, right. The magical thing of the cyberspace is that we avoid all form of government, of course limited by the ethics. This is the greatest thing of this metaphor. Well, may be the industry need, as you say the equivalent of Jack Valenti [pass away recently] in the RIAA like the Motion Picture Association. He was president for 38 years, imagine how many "Internet years" does this new industry needs. The Interent Radio is totally different business like the old radio. May be Larry Leasing could by help."

Internet is not a "local service". We need to re- name this like: Internet Music. Why: The rules of the conventional radio does not apply [" bitmaped"] to Internet.

Regards,

Jal

Hi there (again) Pandora.

I can't listen anymore to Pandora (:-() but hey, guys and girls and men and women etc, THX SO MUCH for your efforts to make music available for everybody!!!
keep on going!

PANDORA ROCKS

I absolutely agree that Pandora has helped music sales through access to new and undiscovered artists. My interest in music is revived - I never listened to broadcast radio and rarely bought CDs because I was convinced that I would never find music aside from the Top 20 crap they play on the radio. Since finding Pandora, my interest in music has been revived and the diversity of artists I listen to has never been greater. Maybe that is what record execs are afraid of - their stranglehold on the big artists (who probably aren't being helped by Pandora) is slipping as people discover the music they really like and move their dollars to those venues instead. My advice to them - get better taste in music and learn that creative marketing ploys can only go so far in selling glitzy teeny bopper music. Thanks Pandora.

YEAAAAAAAA BOIIIIIIIII!

I LOVE pandora!

It will not die on me EVER!

Also, support AB 1634!

Papa G

I made my calls today -- Senator Barbara Boxer's aide says he's been swamped with calls on this! Senator Feinstein, who always plays close to the vest, should be "encouraged".

Thanks for Pandora; it's the best ever, a glorious return to the musical values of old. No Oldies station in the San Francisco ever played such a wide range quality music. I recommend it to people all the time and everyone is delighted to hear of it, just like I was.

Margo Leslie

Good luck, guys, keep it going. One can hardly come across a project with similar qualities as your Pandora has ... All the best, cheers

HELL YEAH! Let's get Congress even more involved in regulating the Internet AND let's make sure they set prices for music that we can all afford. Why don't we just get them to legislate that music cannot be sold for more than what it costs to manufacture the disc it's sold on?

(I think everyone in favor of Congress setting price controls on ANYTHING is a frickin' moron. What you need to pester them to do is remove regulations that afford monopolies to utility companies!)

I have really.really enjoyed this station i!ll
call my representative for support of this timeless music!This is the music history!Thanks

Keep -ppaying plain and simple don`t stop the music / music is love

I tried calling my representatives, but their voice mail boxes were all full. I hope it was because of people trying to voice their opinions on this.

this is my 2nd day listening to this station & i love it already. i can't believe you let us chose our own music & artist....Thank You. But if possible we need to hear more caraibian music like Zouk from martinique, compa from Haiti & more but anyways thanks a lot

yeah this site is diffenetly up 24/7 on my computer, but after reading some comments, espically [the person who] stated [he or she] was recording the music she was listing too. that is what is going to end these services, this is a create way to learn about new artists and to listen to ones that we love, but not a way to STEAL there music. bands get money to produce and albumb and tour from a company, that company gets money from cd sales, no cd sales= less great music. Listen, if you like it enough to want to hear it again when you want to, buy it off itunes or something.

Please live Pandora even if congress wins just get more adds even if they have to be playable ads between songs. Your station is worth to much to just go out. Try even if money is a problem you can work it out by making a monthly charge to members like my self of like $1.00 I don't think any one can complain about that and if that don't work charge members more like $5.00. Any more then that and its pushing it but I bet there are people that are willing to pay more then that to keep Pandora going.

Pandora music station is the best out so far. Other stations try by albums but Pandora takes it a step further by doing pain staking work from song to song. Its been the best way for me to find music as my kind of music does exist but is really hard to find in the first place. Yeah easy to find if you know the band name but is it played anywhere other then Pandora 80% thats answer is no when it comes to the stuff I listen to.

I bought 3 albums a months after listening to Pandora. I got my brother to buy 10 albums with in the 6 months he has been listening to Pandora.

Pandora rules. It helps make money and hell I would buy a sanos for work if I was not afraid of it shutting down. I mean come on everyone could listen to what they like at work with out anyone having an cow over trying a radio station worth listening to that don't have static.

I'm writing down all the good music that Pandora plays on my stations before it dies that is if it does. That way I can still have the music I love but the real shame is any artist that makes what I like after Pandora's death probably wont be heard by me.

Live Pandora! LIVE I TELL YOU LIVE FOR ALL MUSIC LOVERS.

Its been awhile since i last visisted this site, and while the last time i checked i am unable to register (English) or help in your legal struggle, i do at least wish you all luck with your respective calls and contacts, keep pandora alive guys, and i look foward to when the european registration goes live.

I Love you Pandora!

July 15, 2007

Dear Dave:

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns regarding the Copyright Royalty Board�s recent decision to increase royalty rates paid by internet radio operators. With over 50 million people listening to internet radio, hundreds of thousands of internet radio stations operating, and the music of tens of thousands of artists playing, I recognize this is an issue that has a wide affect on many people.

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) was established in 2004 to determine rates and terms for copyright licenses and to oversee sound recording royalties, including those paid by internet radio services. Currently, radio services pay different royalty fees based on the technology used to deliver their programming. For example, broadcast radio stations pay no royalties as they have traditionally been viewed as providing free promotion for artists and their recording labels. Satellite radio services, such as XM and Sirius, pay 3-7% of their revenues for royalties which is based on a legal standard requiring rates to be reasonable, balanced and fair. Webcasters pay 11-33% of their revenues as royalties are based on their size and if they use a subscription. Rates for webcasters, however, are not required to be based on the same principles of fairness used for satellite radio rates.

CRB�s March ruling will further increase royalty rates for internet radio service providers to 300 � 1200% of revenues, forcing most small internet webcasters out of business and eliminating online music services for many larger webcasters. It also fails for the first time to differentiate public radio from commercial media by imposing the commercial rate structure onto public service, non-for-profit radio webcasters. This model contradicts the public service mission of public radio and will reduce the availability of alternative programming provided to Americans.

H.R. 2060, the Internet Radio Equality Act, was introduced in April and would reverse the CRB ruling. Its goal is to create royalty parity by setting temporary royalty rates at the same level applied to satellite radio services and also requiring future royalty rates to be based on the same balanced and reasonable standards. As a result, internet radio webcasters will be able to continue serving its listeners while paying artists a fair return for their work. I am a co-sponsor of H.R. 2060.

While H.R. 2060 is awaiting action by the Judiciary Committee and the Energy & Commerce Committee in the House, the Senate has also introduced its companion bill, S.1353. Rest assured that when this bill is brought to the House floor for a vote, I will have your views in mind. In the meantime, it is expected that the CRB decision will also be appealed to the DC Circuit Court.

Again, thank you for contacting me with your concerns on this important issue. Please feel free to contact me in the future with other matters of importance to you.

Sincerely,

Michael E. Capuano
Member of Congress

w00t!!! How awesome, and yes they do listen! I received letters from both reps I called. Their on board here in Maine. Long live Pandora!

I LOVE PANDORA.I CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC I LIKE ANYTIME I WANT.ALSO SOME OF THE CLASSICS BRING BACK MANY MEMORIES.THANK YOU.AND I ALSO WILL BE CALLING MY CONGRESSMEN

i wouldn't have heard of much of the music i purchase on cd if it were't for pandora. i think the record labels are spiting themselves if they are behind this copyright internet bill.

Great service! I love getting turned on to new stuff with all the parameters of "what I like".
And I buy what I find and like too!

Tim, caught the radio spot on National Public Radio lat weekend. Good job! Hang in there man.
Remember how the music industry/union stopped production of recording in the 40's because it was going to hurt live music sales? Hahaha!

Tim, the site is awesome, i dont know how it all works but its awesome. You are doing a great service to anyone who uses it. I have personally gotten about 100 new favorite songs from your recommendations. If theres ever anything i can do to help, let me know. Keep fighting the good fight! You the man!

I hope these comments get seen and heard by those in legislature as well. For the record, I also buy MORE music based on what I hear on Pandora. I am passionately AGAINST illegal downloading and this is one of the few areas were I can hear entire tracks legally before I purchase, WHICH I DO!

Thank you Pandora. I am a big fan.
SA

As a supporter of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (through my paid membership) who is a big jazz, country and rock fan (kinda sums up the Alllman brothers, doesn't it) I want to thank yall for the service yall provide. I see it as mutually beneficial to the record companies and the recording artists as well as to the music lover. By providing information about my favorite bands and links to buy similar music, you have exponitially expanded the list of music I intend to buy in the future. I have an XM membership as well, but because of the information yall provide and the links to buy cd's, I prefer Pandora.

i think this is one of the best things going,thanks for all the great music!!!!!!

Hi,
Can someone forward me the email that was sent out to NY users of Pandora? I would like to contact our congressmen/woman.

Seeing all the concerned people on this message board is phenomenal! I actually had a conversation with someone about this at a recent leadership conference, and it's great to know that the word is spreading about this pertinent issue. The next step for me is to get actual interaction with my congressmen to push this issue along. I think e-mails and phone calls just don't get the emphasis of the personal touch. Stay tuned soldiers. I honestly need this to survive. Music is my life.

I really hope that Pandora will not only survive but go global. As I am not in the USA, I have only had the chance to listen to Pandora for a very short while - but even so I discovered great new artist whom I had never heard of or listened to - you can't even by their music in my country. I turned to Amazan.co.uk to buy some of the music - which I would not have done, had it not been for Pandora!! It would be great to get the opportunity to register with Pandora. As it is, it is hard work to dig up the music I like in my small country. Pandora is intelligent - a small miracle. Good luck!

I could not make it through the day without Pandora. There's nothing like it and nothing better. How can I help. I can't imagine life without Pandora!

This has to be one of the most creative and imaginative sites there has ever been! Every radio station should take a cue from what Pandora has done.

I live in Houston, and with a town such the size it would just figure that there is not one decent radio station, so I have stopped listening to the radio for the past 5 years - Pandora is my only radio station!!!

Keep it up!

You guys are definitely the bomb when it comes to internet radio--I have told everyone I know about you and have done all I can to keep this going!!
Thanks for all your efforts--keep up the fantastic work!!!

I love Pandora, and compared to other internet radio stations; this is #1. I have tried to contact Utah's congress men but i have not received a response yet. I will keep trying. Without you my five hundred (boughten not burned) cd book would not even be half way full. Ihave purchased hundreds of new albums thanks to you. Thank you tim. Lets all keep up our calls, emails, letters, etc.

Thanks for all you do,
Chassee Shobe

Tim,

Pandora is my place of discovering new (and re-discovering forgotten) artists ... without it my musical life would be so impoverished. Not only do you provide a genuinely unique service, but you underpin every music purchase I now make.

Thank you!

This website is a breath of fresh air. It simply sets the standard for internet radio. I apprecitate it so much. Keep it up Tim and the Pandora staff. Thank You.

I figured it out. They want to kill Pandora and other small time stations BECAUSE it increases the consumers' appetites! (see my above note) The big companies don't want to spend money on small artists, they only want to push their Britneys and the like, because it is less overhead than smaller artists. They think that they will then be able to make more profit, as there would be less artists competing with their crap pop music. As it is, I don't listen to one current 'big-name' artist, only little guys. This is a higher overhead-profit ratio than big names. THEY WANT TO KILL MUSIC DIVERSITY!

You guys have a great idea in Pandora. It's the future of music, all kinds. I'm exposed to artists I would never have heard before and it narrows the music field down to the music I truly enjoy!

Pandora is so refreshing, I could not believe how easy it was to create the radio stations. I especially like the fact that it selects similar music that you have selected! This is truly fantastic I hope you will breeze through all the red tape. After just getting on board I would hate to lose such a treasure. You are totally awesome Pandora Media, Inc. Holler!

i paid sirrus radio for 2+ years to listen to my kind of jazz--it wasn't what i liked--they didn't care--i didn't listen very much--then i discovered pandora---my kind of music 100% of the time--i listen and i enjoy
oh did i mention that i stopped paying sirrus---they really tried to keep me
I LOVE PANDORA

Nobody wants to listen to commercials at work, keep it going.

Wrote to all concerned parties. Hope it helps, b/c this site rocks (and swings, bops, hips, hops, swaggers and sways). Good luck in your fight for our right to good internet music.

DITTO !!!

"I have to confess I'd totally lost interest in music, and particularly buying music, years ago. Maybe it was being constantly barraged with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake wherever I went soured me on the American music industry."

At some point, people have got to just say NO to the corporate mother and its' lawyers. Pandora and a couple of other really great webradio sites keep real music in the forefront. As a jazz and blues lover, I can't ask for more.

I've written both of my state Senators a couple of times regarding this issue. I just hope Hillary can take a break from her campaign trail long enough to pay enough attention.

Good luck.

Pandora is what radio should be.

In edition to the call campaign you should start an online petition set up akin to how the online votes are set up.

I love Pandora. (I'm not sure if any others can compare, but other internet stations ought to be given a chance to compete;.)

I received positive feedback from Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH) on the issue. She's great. Good luck Pandora and Pandora listeners!!

How do I find the words for the songs?

Pandora is not just an internet radio station. It is an internet station that brings style and creativity to the ear of the listener. I have not found an internet radio station that can compete. Pandora is the best on-line. Please keep Pandora streaming on the internet.

When I want to listen to good music, I choose PANDORA... it allows me to listen to what I want and no...

I've been calling every day before I clock back in from lunch. Got through to both senators' offices today. I figure it's a good routine till they're on the co-sponsor list. Feinstein's office is really responsive, but I had to call Boxer's three times before it actually got anywhere, as it would drop to a busy signal randomly.

Anyway, I'm doing what I can! Any more news?

Pandora is simply the best. Ive discovered so many artists that i now love and have bought about 5 cd's from new artists introduced to me on Pandora. How they cant see this as beneficial is crazy! I havent bought music in yrs, but since i found Pandora, ive bought 5. Thats a big statement right there.

Thanks for the update, the passion, and the music. Pandora is the single best resource I have for finding and yes, buying new music. I love it and live on it in the evenings. It was more than worth a few phone calls to people in Congress to keep it going~!

I called my senators Feinstein & Boxer. Fortunately, my representative already supported the IREA. BTW, I only learned about PANDORA about 3 weeks or so ago. I LOVE it! This reinvigorates web music.

Pandora is what real music is all about and

should not be denied. If americans and members

of congress can not and will not do anything

to save pandora, then where is this country

going? Come on let's stand up and fight for

anything and everything that's beautiful!

Pandora is the best!!!! Keep it coming.

I called my Rep.in Congress and to their spokesman and he told me that there has been alot of calls about this. It is working but don't just make 1 call keep calling and get your friends to call also. Thank you Tim and the rest of you reading this! LONG LIVE INTERNET RADIO!!!
WINKSTER73

I heart Pandora.

I have the good fortune of working with staff from the Maine Congressional delegation on a regular basis in my job and was able to encourage all of them to support this legislation (Sen. Collins, as you know, was one of the original sponsors of S.1353).

My message to the record companies and their artists is very simple--I have purchased or paid to download at least 10 albums this year from artists I'd either never heard of or whose music wasn't familiar with until I started listening to Pandora. If they think Internet radio is costing them $, they are confused. This is $ I'd have spend on something else without you introducing me to the music here. Not all of us are "criminals" looking to hoard as much free music as possible--many are just looking for help to find what else is out there so we can go buy it. No service does that better than Pandora. Keep up the fight! Thanks.

HUGE piece in our newspaper "The guardian" in the UK please read it here;

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2129125,00.html

we've also written to the American Ambassador (had no response lol)

keep up the fight we'd be lost without you

This is how radio should be! So tired of having to hear just the popular stuff. College radio stations changed radio back in the 80's and now this...it just keeps getting better! It is definitely worth the little effort of a phone call to keep this going!

The sad thing is -- I have heard so many new artists on Pandora and then paid to download many of their albums. There's no logical reason to kill this distribution channel!

Since, I've found out I could listen to music while I use my computer It makes everything better. Music helps to calm me and I seem to get done alot faster. I hope everything keeps falling into place. I really like being able to pick the music I like instead of having to change the channel. And I don't have to hear all the advertisements. I'm in a little town called Perryville MD and their isn't much around hear so, receotion is not always the best. This is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why when something is good its bad for our government i am new to Pandora but its a great station and i love the jazz they play why deind pandora

Distribution system is right ! This has got me back into buying new music, has opened my perception of what's out there, stuff I would never have know to buy. It's that simple !

I've bought more music in the last year (since I discovered Pandora) than I have in the last 5 years combined.

Some of it has been esoteric stuff you don't hear on the radio because big labels would never pick it up.

Much of it has been well known artists on major labels who I just never realised I liked because I only heard 3-4 of their songs on the radio.

My point? Pandora works, I am happier about my purchases and eager to purchase more of what I am hearing but trying to practice some self control.

I'd like to think I'm not too far off base in saying that I am FAR from the only listener with a story like this.

Let us Brits know what we can do to help. Guardian article today rather depressing.

You Guys are the greatest thing since science
fiction.I Hope to hear more of you and more about
you.Will do everything I can to make it possible.
God be with you and Rock + roll Live on.

Let me first thak you for a wonderfurl station.-

i called my representitive and he explained this to me i would just die without my internate radio.

Tim, I sent your letter to about a hundred people. Hope it helped even though I had feedback about "what is Pandora". I hope we can keep it so they can find out all the enjoyment of it.

I did tell them those were my congressmen, and please look up to see who their's were, if they didn't know.

You know things are screwed up when they start passing laws that basically say what music we can and can't listen to. And you know that's what's happening too. Without internet radio stations, what we listen to is pretty much restricted to "popular" music which is already shoved down our throats every day.

Before a friend introduced me to Pandora, I had lost almost all interest in music. It had gotten to a point where it all sounded the same, and nothing was interesting anymore.

Upon seeing that Pandora could possibly be shut down, I got on one day and wrote down all the artists I had found over the months I'd been listening. That's about 50 different artists, by the way - at least 40 of which, I NEVER would have found if it was not for Pandora, and thus would never have bought their CDs, either.

It's simple math:

Finding new artists I like = buying more music = more money for the music industry (Wow, who would have thought, huh?)

Unfortunately, whenever change rolls around, people naturally resist it. Hopefully, everyone will come around and see that this is one of those good changes, and internet radio will survive.

But until we're in the clear, do your part and contact your representatives and make it clear that we need to keep internet radio around.

man... i don't want pandora to be shut down... otherwise i'll have to listen to my iPod and have to find the songs, and i don't like most of the songs on my iPod as i like the songs on here...

I listen to Pandora every day at work. And as a DJ by night, it's inspired me to find new music all the time.

Pandora is quite possibly the most important development in radio of the 21st century. Seriously, it's more important than Digital. It enfuriates me that the 'Man' strives to choke or shut down anything it can't get a huge slice from.

Keep it up. I can't write to Congress, I'm not from the US, but be assured Pandora has not just national but global support.

From the other Western country being choked by the greed of those in power \m/

good luck. i wish there was something more i could do to help from the UK.

i love pandora and it has become a vital source of discovering new music for me. new music that i then go and buy and tell all my friends about. why can't the recording industry understand this? there are few sectors i feel more disdain for than music. what fools.

when i buy tracks from the itunes website i have to burn them onto an audio cd, then re-import them as mp3 files just so i can play them on anything other than an ipod.

who's investigating apple for this monopolistic, anti-consumer behaviour i wonder?

Keep up your worthy fight.

-Chris, London UK

Pandora is the best legitimate use of internet radio I have ever encountered. I constantly recommend it to my customers whose systems have been attacked by using illegal music networks. Pandora provides the music fix we all have been looking for, but leave it to the lawyers to try to destroy it.

I have no doubt that Pandora has exposed people to a lot of music they never heard of. I know it has done that for me. I am constantly listening to artists new and old because of your ingenious algorithms. Pandora has to have a positive influence on the music industry.

Hang in there and I hope you can find a profitable business model that works for many, many years to come.

I absolutely love Pandora.com!

I have found so many new, great bands that really fit what I like to listen to! I will definitely be buying their CDs!

I don't think the "big shots" realize what a powerful tool internet radio is to up-and-coming bands. I never would have found some of these artists without Pandora, and some of them have made my Favorites list!

Internet radio may play music for free to its users, but I know I (amd I'm sure many others) then go purchase the albums of the artists I really enjoy.

Thank you for keeping your wonderful site in business, and best of luck to you in this fight!

I'll be rooting for you! ^_^

Pandora is one of the best sites I have found. I love that the music is pretty much what I want and not the rest of the songs I don't want. I get sick of changing the station all the time.

I tried to recommend this site to many of my friends, but they were already great fans. I guess it is better late then never for me.

I wish you luck and you can count me as a supporter. I would even be willing to listen to advertising like regular radio to have my choice of songs.

And as many have said, I have found many new artists I will be checking out that I have never heard of, but like their music.

Thanks, Pandora for a great service:)

I recently discovered Pandora through a friend and I, too, had been finding it hard to find music that I really enjoy. Thanks to Pandora, I'll be buying more cds. Hmm... That's terrible for business, isn't it. -.-"

great job pandora i have contacted by representatives and they responded. I am telling
others about you. I have discovered music i didn't
think i would find
thank you
james mckenney

You are doing a GREAT job! Thank You

Now that I have made the calls,how do I get Pandora music back again thru my computer.I really miss it.Please help!!!!!!
margie

Thank you for all your hard work. I frankly have no idea where I'd be without Pandora.

Is there any other news on this bill?

Think on this...With everyones favorite music found here on Pandora there is no need to illegally "share" any more! And every day we are introduced to new music we would never have heard without Pandora. The music industry should think hard about that.

Pandora has made me buy more music by letting me discover music again...
Truly revolutionary.
Thank you for the music...

Music has been the cornerstone of my life for as long as I can remember. This service you provide, free of cost, is a testament to the genesis of benevolence that high quality aural stimulation provides. You are a truly beneficient organization, and I hope that this issue, which certainly rings of grotesque tyranny, is resolved in the interest of democracy and music lovers the world over.

have the faith don't let the free music die. water,tv,used to be free at one time. everones trying to make a buck off there brother. thats just too bad. what would jc do.

I can't believe they want to take away the only thing that can keep me bussy and in peace.
This pisses me off to think that big "brother" can think thay can tell every american what to do, for example; the cigaret law! This has to STOP!!!
I called my congres person today,
LETS WIN THIS TOGETHER,god bless internet radio forever!!!!!

I just start listen to pandora about two weeks ago I enjoyed listen to this station every chance get.

I think Apple should fund Pandora, and keep it alive!

Web based radio is the best thing that has ever happened since the world wide web.Pandora is the 21st century "help my mood...listen to what I want" Regular radio cannot deliver this.Piracy is subdued and I am able to purchase my favorite CDs overseas.This is the rock of radio waves and has to stay.

The very best of luck with this. Pandora exposes people to music they'd never otherwise hear. I've bought a lot of music based on new bands I've heard on Pandora. More power to ye!

I dont think there is any one who truly loves music and doesnot like Pandora.

I love the algo which u guys have written ( Hail Music Genome Project)

I wrote FLA Senator Nelson, his response was somewhat ambiguous, leading me to believe that he will not be supportive. Then I checked his campaign contribution list and figured out why........

Is there a site that we can go to so that we can see if our state's congressman supported the bill? That way I can either thank them or bitch at them.

:)

well, you can always check if the house members are a co-sponsor here (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2060), or here (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1353) for the senate version.

I love the music on the blues channels. This is the best internet radio I have found since I can't even remember when. The mix I receive is so spectacular I can't turn it off. I wish I could get this station in my personal vechicle.

hey I just wanted to say keep up the goodwork and fight these greedy *beeps*...everyone needs to contact their senators and represenatives as well as the senators from MA everyone needs to contact them at least to give them more ammunition to fight this with, the more people the better.

thx pandora and everyone fighting these rediculous bills,

Troy S. of NJ

I wrote my congressman in NC; hope it did some good. We are all praying for the internet radio
stations-worldwide. I love Pandora; it's the first i turn on when I get home from work. Thank You.

It is wonderful to see democracy still functioning. Thanks for not rolling over.

Because of Pandora I discovered so many new artist that I actually have started to buy CD's again.

Keep up the good fight.Keep writing-keep calling.

As far as RIAA revenues are concerned-myself and everyone I know that frequents Pandora- we have all been turned-on to,and purchased music that we would probably otherwise never have been exposed to.

Cheers!

Pandora is such a great service, and one that should be looked upon by all radio stations, new and old, as a blueprint of how online radio can be operated successfully.

Keep up the good work Pandora, and thank you for becoming politically active.

Love Pandora... I`ve bought more music over the internet because of this station.
I would think musicians would love a thing like this it gets there music out there,that..other wise..would not even know they were there.
I know myself,I have bought at least two dozen albums of people I didn`t even know because of this station. Were else can you listin before you buy? and in the privacy of your own home. Taking this station and others like it off the internet would be hurting the music business not helping it.I contacted my Representative and let him know, I think every body should.
Karl Peterson
Alderman 2nd Ward

I sent my congressman an email.

I'm with James Sims, if it were not for Pandora and internet radio in general, I would not know many of the artists that I do today, nor would I have come to appreciate their music quite so much. In my eyes, it seems that the primary prerogative of the RIAA is to chase away their own customers and drive their artists into a pale ignominity by not allowing a large group of listeners to actually get interested in the artists' music.

ITS ABOUT TIME SOMEONE STARTING ABOUT WORKING PEOPLE FOR ONCE; MY WIFE AND I LOVE TO SIT BY OR PC AND LISTEN TO SMOOTH JAZZ WHILE VIEWING OR E-MAILS. THANKS PANDORA FOR BEING FREE.

I exchanged correspondence regarding Internet Broadcasting with both of my Senators (Boxer and Feinstein) as well as my Congresswoman (Matsui). So they are all three aware of the feelings of the voters in this California household. I still hold out hope for old-fashioned "democracy in action."

Just discovered you guys. Well, actually through the July issues of PC World lauding you guys big time.

Thank you for you hard work!

This is truly an amazing service you have created.

It has brought back the joy of music for me as I lost that somewhere around loosing my MP3's by a failing disk, listening too often to my own collection, issues with DRM, etc. etc.

Pandora liberates music from the shackles of technology and corporate greed.

Thank you so much -- I hope you succeed in your goals.

Great job guys..keep up the fight! I will

I think it's great how you guys are fighting to keep your awesome project alive. I love that there is such a venue as pandora by which i can commune with other music lovers and learn about new artists. I do not download illegally, i use pandora as a conduit to finding new groups whose cds i sometimes end up buying, if i like them enough. Keep up the good work, the RIAA are a bunch of fat cat moneygrubbers! let the true artists and appreciaters of it win this battle.

A co-worker introduced me to Pandora - it's wonderful! Finally I can listen to nothing but music I like with no irritating DJs. And I'm rediscovering artists like Sarah Vaughn and Dinah Washington. I'd think the record industry would love this site and support it, not try to shut it down. Keep up the great work.

why dose everything have to be about (MONEY) root of all evil.

I saw a comerical on my computer and inlisted for Raido Music without Message,or advertisment. I love you and thank you

Just the father of a professional musician -- have I missed it but is there a way to productively bombard the politicos with email - is there such a portal? THanks Kim K Judd

Since I'm type A and use Quicken obsessively, I was able to easily figure out how much $$$$ I've spent buying 2 iPods, buying 2 deck thingies to put the iPods in at both home and work, buying tunes/albums off iTunes, etc., all because I've discovered a song/artist via Pandora. Also came up with a LONG list of artists who benefited financially as a result. When I called or wrote, I focused on $$$ spent & #s of people who benefitted financially, figuring that's the language they'd understand. Hope it helped!

Hi - you've likely considered this, but why isn't there a group on Facebook & MySpace? I know so many people who use Pandora and would love to both promote & save the site.

I, like a lot of the responders to this blog, listen to Pandora at work. I work in a multi-cubicle situation, and without Pandora, I would not get nearly as much work done due to the intrusion of noise.
Also, in the past, I have not spent money on CDs because I do not know the artists and am afraid I will buy music I don't like.
Since the discovery of Pandora, I have been turned on to so much music and artists and have purchased much more music than ever. The music industry is bound to profit from your radio, as do we all. Thank you for providing such a great service to the working public.

Like many of the folks who have commented above, I am spending more money buying music than I did during the last 10 years B.P. (Before Pandora!). There should be a way for Pandora to get credit for these sales.

Hey man, Music is life. Without music how could one live.I like to thank Pandora, you guys are number one. Thank you for giving life to my job everyday. Save the music; rock on,Play it loud.

Thanks you for real music .Love listoning to you

Since I've begun listening to Pandora Internet Radio, I've bought more CD's than I have in the past six years. I'm so frustrated at so many of the FM radio stations that do not announce the composers or albums they play so I can buy them. Aside from the fact that I'm driving a car most of the time when I listen to FM and I can't write anything down when they actually do name the artist, Internet Radio allows me to jot down the info I need to buy the album. I have post it notes all over my monitor with albums I'm going to buy...

I guess it has said many times on here but I can't stop say how much Pandora has widen my horizon of music to the point where I went out and purchase....Ne-Yo,Mario,Jagged Edge,Ginuwine,Luther Vandross to name a few....

wish every success to the medium such as this one,can stay alive....as someone pointed out the Industry see the medium as an enemy and fail to capitalize....

Islander