Payola is going down - end the bribing of radio stations forever

The battle to end payola is heating up; New York attorney general Elliot Spitzer has been suing radio stations, members of Congress are pushing for new laws against payola, ånd the FCC is under fire for not enforcing existing laws. Major record labels bribe radio stations to play their songs, and the results are awful both for independent musicians and the quality of mainstream radio. But now they're running scared. Free Press, an organization we have always been big fans of, has set things up so you can push Congress, the FCC, and offending radio stations to end payola. It takes 5 minutes.Tell the FCC to enforce existing laws and stop tolerating payola:http://action.freepress.net/campaign/payola
Tell senators that they should co-sponsor Senator Feingold's legislation to stop payola:
http://www.freepress.net/act/feingoldpayola
Find radio stations in your area that are under investigation for payola:
http://www.freepress.net/payola/map.php
Free Press also has a bunch of great information about payola. The home base for their payola campaign is here:
http://freepress.net/payola/
Also, I should add that, for a while at Downhill Battle we've been thinking about bringing in some volunteers to help keep the community active. We need a couple good writers, and somebody techy with basic PHP knowledge. You won't be buried behind the scenes, you'll be working on the parts of the site that get seen by thousands of people every day. Email me if you're interested: hw@downhillbattle.org (include writing samples, or info on your tech experience).
Thanks everybody,
Holmes Wilson
Downhill Battle

(When I talk about NashVegas, this is exactly one of the things that distresses me about radio stations. They're paid to play the same crap over & over again!!!)