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Originally posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitally_Imported
Di.fm's possible shutdown

On March 12, 2007, Digitally Imported founder Ari Shohat announced to DI listeners that, because of a ruling from the Copyright Royalty Board, internet radio stations would soon be faced with greatly increased royalty rates based on the number of plays of each song, multiplied by the number of listeners the station has.[6] Shohat announced on May 1, 2007, that DI would shut down if the new royalty rates, which would take effect on July 15, 2007, were not overturned. In addition, DI, along with other internet radio stations which play music, would owe royalty rates retroactively for every song they have played since January 1, 2006. Moving the station outside the United States would not solve the problem, since many of the station's listeners are in the United States.[7]

Digitally Imported shut off the streams on their free stations as part of a Day of Silence on June 26, 2007.[8] Their free streams were replaced by ambient noise, with a repeating announcement urging listeners to call their United States Senators and Representatives and tell them to support the Internet Radio Equality Act.

As of October 2008, Digitally Imported is still operating, and have not released any news on the possible shutdown since 2007.

Feb. 14, 2009 DI.FM is offline.