Artists Against Piracy, een door de muziekindustrie ondersteund groepje artiesten, is vandaag een campagne gestart tegen het illegaal kopiëren van muziek. In een aantal grote Amerikaanse kranten werden pagina grote advertenties geplaatst die ons medeleven met de artiest op moeten wekken. De inniatiefnemer van Artists Against Piracy heeft inmiddels financiële steun gevonden bij de RIAA, Walt Disney en andere leden van de Amerikaanse platenmaffia:
Dubbed Artists Against Piracy, the group kicked off its efforts with full-page ads in USA Today, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and other national newspapers today.Listing support from such artists such as Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette, Christina Aguilera, Blink-182, Sarah McLachlan and Garth Brooks, the ads appeal to fans to help protect a musician's ability to choose how a song appears online. About 70 artists are currently part of the coalition.
"If a song means a lot to you, imagine what it means to us," the ads read. "We believe that when our music is available online our rights should be respected."
The full-page ads are the first salvo in a public education campaign that Stone plans to extend to television commercials, as well as Internet, radio and additional print ads.
That kind of ambition takes money, though. Stone is still solidifying his funding sources but said he has already attracted the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Walt Disney Co., the national music retailers' association, and even a half-dozen technology companies.
The group's links to the record industry have worried some in the independent music community, who are skeptical of the major labels' commitment to musicians' welfare.
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