[FYI] Yet another coalition of artists to educate the consumer about the value of music

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,37516,00.html

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Musicians Unite for Copyrights

by Brad King  

3:00 a.m. Jul. 12, 2000 PDT  


While the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on the future of 
digital music, an artist-driven coalition against online music piracy 
kicked off a national campaign Tuesday with full-page advertisements 
in USA Today, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall 
Street Journal, and The Washington Post.  

Under the headline "If a Song Means a Lot to You, Imagine What it 
Means to Us," the ad included endorsements by about 70 recording 
artists, including Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette, Barenaked Ladies, 
Christina Aguilera, and Faith Hill.  

[...]

"This is a coalition of artists to educate the consumer about the 
value of music and the importance of the creators, and to give 
artists a very powerful voice in the dialogue of technology and 
music," said Artists Against Piracy executive Noah Stone.  

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