Save Net Neutrality - The Indie Music Industry
Today the FCC voted 3-2 along party lines on Thursday to end to net neutrality, which effectively gives control of the internet to the major internet service providers and cable companies.
While we won't see an immediate change in how select content is delivered over the net, it will eventually come, as the ISPs inevitably bow to shareholders in seeking greater profits.
What does this have to do with music? Let's put it this way D.I.Y. artists, indie labels, new music technologies and independent media will be unable to compete on an internet that has fast lanes and slows lanes. Put simply, the fight to save net neutrality is essential to the future of music creation, distribution and discovery. The independent music world will be fundamentally changed. We’ve moved to a digital world. That isn’t going to change. Killing Title II net neutrality makes it even harder for independent musicians to survive in a digital landscape.
I know it’s hard to care about a fight that looks like it’s being fought between big money tech and ISPs. But let me be crystal clear: net neutrality is a vital policy fight that musicians can’t afford to lose. If you are a musician you need to care about it. Your livelihood is at risk. All indie artists need to come together and realize this is a fight that we now need to get behind.
We could lose our careers as indie artists! Tell your congress man or woman to please create law to save out internet. The future depends on it.
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