The Future of Music Coalition wants to keep an equal playing field on the Internet and Massachusetts Democratic Representative Edward Markey has taken the battle to Capitol Hill.
Pitchfork explains that "the big telecommunications interests would very much like to collect money from webhosts in exchange for higher bandwidth, making those sites that could afford it lightning fast and those who couldn't deathly slow."
Here's a list of founding bands:
R.E.M.
Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
Ted Leo
Boots Riley
Death Cab for Cutie
OK Go
Bob Mould
Calexico
Kathleen Hanna
The Donnas
Jerry Harrison
John Doe
Les Claypool
Kronos Quartet
Jimmy Tamborello
Street to Nowhere
The Locust
Rogue Wave
Guster
State Radio
Matt Wertz
Griffin House
Matt Nathanson
The Wrens
They'll be putting on concerts nationwide in support of the effort. You can check out the site here and sign the petition here.
