Dear Senator _______________:

I am contacting you to urge your cosponsorship of S. 1353, the Senate
version of H.R. 2060 - the Internet Radio Equality Act, introduced by
Senators Ron Wyden and Sam Brownback.  This legislation nullifies a
recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board that threatens the
viability of music webcasting.  Unless addressed by Congress, the CRB's
March 2, 2007 decision could dramatically affect FolkAlley.com's ability
to stream music 24 hours a day to thousands of listeners across the U.S. 
Folk Alley is an online hub created to highlight and preserve folk and
other roots- and tradition-based musical forms.  A non-profit,
member-supported Internet music service, Folk Alley brings together
listeners and artists specializing in an underrepresented musical genre.

The CRB's action ignores Folk Alley's public service mission and
obligations to bring programmatic diversity to the web and be a reliable
source of cultural programming.  The ruling could saddle Folk Alley with
egregious and inappropriate financial requirements created with a
commercial broadcast model in mind.  Our worldwide community of web
listeners needs you to support S. 1353.

Please back S. 1353.  I look forward to hearing that you have supported
Folk Alley's efforts as an Internet broadcaster by cosponsoring this
legislation.

Sincerely,