INTERNET RADIO MAY VANISH FOREVER AS OF JULY 30, 2008, THIS ISSUE HAS YET TO BE SETTLED TO THE SATISFACTION OF ALL CONCERNED PARTIES.  INTERNET RATES HAVE BEEN RESTRUCTURED, BUT THERE IS STILL SOME DEBATE IN THE GOVERNMENT, AND THERE MAY BE AN APPEAL AND NEW VOTE UPCOMING SINCE THE CRB AND THE RIAA STILL AREN'T SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY WERE GRANTED.    THE ROYALTIES COPYRIGHT BOARD (CRB) AND THE RIAA HAVE COMPLETELY DUPED CONGRESS INTO GETTING AN UNBELIEVABLY HUGE ROYALTY INCREASE FROM INTERNET RADIO STATIONS FOR PLAYING MUSIC.                 CHIEF JACK HAS BEEN IN THE BROADCASTING BUSINESS SINCE 1969.  I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET EXCLUSIVELY SINCE 1999, AND AT THE BEGINNING OF 2007 HAD TO PUT MY STATION ON HIATUS BECAUSE OF A NON-ROYALTY RELATED FINANCIAL PROBLEM.  IN OCTOBER 2007 I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY STATION BACK ON THE AIR, BUT AT A HIGHER COST PER MONTH AND WITH NEW RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF THE PRELIMINARY RIAA RULING.          THE ORIGINAL RATE INCREASE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RETROACTIVE TO 2006, AND THIS WOULD HAVE MEANT MOST INTERNET STATIONS WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY ROYALTIES AT A SIX-FIGURE A YEAR RATE WHILE REGULAR OVER THE AIR STATIONS PAY NO RAYALTIES.  IF TRADITIONAL TERRESTRIAL STATIONS PAY NO ROYALTIES, WHY SHOULD WE?        IF THE RIAA AND SOUND EXCHANGE GET THEIR WAY, INTERNET RADIO WILL BE DEAD.  LET IT BE KNOWN, HOWEVER, THAT CHIEF JACK IS HIMSELF AN INTERNET BROADCASTER AND A FRIEND OF INTERNET RADIO, AND IF THESE NEW RATES GO INTO EFFECT,      I WILL REPEAL THEM IF ELECTED.  VOTE FOR CHIEF JACK AND SAVE INTERNET RADIO!!!