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September 27, 2008
CONGRESSIONAL UPDATE #2
We're thrilled to let everyone know that the House bill passed! Thanks to your incredible support we were able to overcome the NAB's efforts to derail us. Phone calls rained into the congressional offices over the past 36 hours. Just amazing.
We're not done. We still need to get the bill through the Senate, which looks like it will be voting on the bill on Monday.
So stay tuned. We want to make sure the Senators know how important it is for them support our resolution. We'll be reaching out again to ask you for one more push.
Our deepest gratitude.
Tim (Founder)
NOTE:
The Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 bill continues to be called HR 7084, even though it's in the Senate now.
You can find your Senators' names and phone numbers here.
Please call now!
Posted by Tim Westergren at September 27, 2008 8:01 PM
Comments
Pandora forever!
Posted by: Josh of Cubicle Ninjas at September 27, 2008 10:58 PM
Great job rallying the troups, Tim. From your posts, I in turn contacted many of my friends and spread the word. It was a quick grass-roots effort. And none of them knew about it.
I was fortunate when I called my congressman that his assistant answered the phone. He was sincerely interested in my reason for calling.
Additionally, even the assistant found it absurd that these politicians get to take the rest of the year off after this "long weekend of working". How stupid. My congressman's assistant growled... then said "can you believe it? How would YOU like to have a job like that". I thought that was cool.
THANKS MUCH for getting the word out Tim. GREAT JOB.
Keep up the great work!
Posted by: David M. at September 28, 2008 6:27 AM
WOO HOO!! Congrats to Tim and the whole Pandora team. I LOVE Pandora so much and can't imagine life without it. It has helped me find new music that I love better than anything before it. Rock on!
Posted by: Michael Leggett at September 28, 2008 1:12 PM
What is the Senate Bill number?
Posted by: Zac at September 28, 2008 1:57 PM
I contacted my senators, but more detailed info would've been helpful like what was the bill # and language. I don't have time to research eveything and I sounded like a goomba to them I'm sure..."please pass the internet radio providers bill in the senate that just passed the house"...inarticulate at best.
Posted by: skyephoenix at September 28, 2008 2:03 PM
I think we are all so fortunate to have an internet service such as this extended to us for free! I applaud your efforts and was very pleased to see this pass.
I also think it is important to place some sort of message concerning progress or important messages on the main site instead of happening through the blog section. There are so many who would have loved to help but were unaware of the situation.
The RIAA is on their last breath and it seems obvious to me that when they are trying to shut down Pandora, something that is offering discovery and the art of music, they are growing to a new level of desperation.
I am behind you and I hope I am able to enjoy your services for a long time to come!
Thank you Pandora!
Posted by: Gordon Stone at September 28, 2008 2:29 PM
Keep up the good work! I truly love Pandora. Any plans for a widget or something so I could have it autoplay on my blog? Let us know
Posted by: Scott McQueen at September 28, 2008 3:19 PM
When I received your email yesterday, I had to paste it on my main blog to get people to CALL their Congresspeople! Since I joined Pandora awhile ago, I always knew of the ongoing troubles and your blog has kept me informed. I appreciate you interacting with us.
Through twitter, your team has been very helpful in sharing what has been going on so I appreciate all of us who have been active in trying to save one of the best inventions (in my humble opinion).
Just holla and we are here for you.
Posted by: 2Serenity at September 28, 2008 5:31 PM
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad to head that everything passed this round. I will be glad to support the push thru the Senate!!
Posted by: Tim at September 28, 2008 6:02 PM
Pandora is one of the most incredible tool to discover new bands and make awesome playlist, i hope that we'll be able to use the service again soon !!!!
THANKS.
Posted by: pcastillo at September 28, 2008 7:37 PM
For all those reading who need some specifics, the bill is House Resolution 7084.
Here's a link with a summary of the bill:
http://www.tweak3d.net/forums/off-topic/pandora-urgently-nee
ds-your-help-save-internet-radio-bill-must-pass-senate-38818
And here is the actual text of the bill:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-7084
Posted by: Deanna at September 29, 2008 9:04 AM
Excellent! Pandora lives. I use pandora daily, great site.
Now if I could just make a living on-line, all would be right with the world. Check out my blog here to see pictures from BlogWorld Expo 2008.
http://donotreadthisblogunless.blogspot.com/
Nicholas Chase - 'the video guy' at BlogWord Expo 2008
Posted by: Nicholas Chase at September 29, 2008 10:22 AM
Boxer's voicemail box is full, and Feinstein's number gives the busy signal!!
Will try again later...
Posted by: Greg at September 29, 2008 10:48 AM
Keep it up guys! I got really excited when I read about this on fark. It would be nice if you guys would sent out email updates about this to us (your members). I would (and will) call my reps and senators about that bill.
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: Brent at September 29, 2008 11:28 AM
I am very happy taht this is working out!!I love pandora!I recently canceled my sirius subcription as soon as i found pandora-u guys are the best!!!
Posted by: james at September 29, 2008 4:54 PM
So what's the scoop? Did anything happen with this bill today? Obviously the focus was on the House today...
Mark
Posted by: Mark Turner at September 29, 2008 7:06 PM
Here is the most direct link (that I could find) for this piece of legislation.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:H.R.7084:
Also, for those of you who don't have time to call in to your senator, you can fill out an online form for most of them.
Posted by: Matt at September 30, 2008 12:39 PM