Pandora Pulls Off Biggest Music Industry Scam, Ever! [ARTICLE]

Pandora has grown a lot over the past few years. With smart phones becoming more popular, the number of Pandora listeners has also seen a large increase. If you're not familiar with Pandora, it's an automated music recommendation service that allows the listener to type in an Artist, Genre, or Album, and Pandora will play music similar to what you've searched.

What you may not know is that Pandora has been pulling off one of the biggest scams in the music industry, ever! When an artist submits their music to Pandora they are required to sign a "letter of support for Internet radio". By signing this  letter it will allow Pandora to pay the artist whatever they think is fair. This means that if Pandora wants to pay the artist one cent every time their song is played they can, regardless of the royalties. 

Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora, has argued that the "only way for Pandora to grow as fast as possible" is to cut artist royalty checks by up to 85%, which is exactly what the "letter" does. If this petition does pass, Pandora's "Internet Radio Fairness Act" will be back effect. 

Artists / Musicians, would you sign this "letter" to have your music available to over 35 million listeners? Let us know what you think.  Listeners, will you continue to use Pandora?