[Fwd: Sign our Petition to Stop the RIAA Lawsuits!]

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

For those interested...

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Subject: Sign our Petition to Stop the RIAA Lawsuits!
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:57:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Effector List <alerts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Dear EFF Supporter:

This is astounding - in the first 24 hours, over 6,000 people have
signed our petition to stop the Recording Industry Association of
America's (RIAA) nationwide rampage against average Americans.  Rather
than working to create a rational, legal means by which its customers
can take advantage of file-sharing technology and pay a fair price for
the music they love, it has chosen to sue people like Brianna LaHara, a
12 year-old girl living in New York City public housing.  Take a stand
against the RIAA's tactics by signing our petition:

http://www.eff.org/share/petition/

Brianna, and hundreds of other music fans like her, are being forced to
pay thousands of dollars they do not have to settle RIAA-member lawsuits
-- supporting a business model that is anything but rational. This
crusade is generating thousands of subpoenas and hundreds of lawsuits,
but not a single penny for the artists that the RIAA claims to protect. 

Copyright law shouldn't make criminals out of 60 million Americans, and 
it's time for a change.  Congress is going to hold hearings; we need our 
help to make sure that the public's voice is heard.  Tell Congress that
it's time to stop the madness:

http://www.eff.org/share/petition/

We'll deliver the petition to Congress once we've hit 10,000 signatures.
This is a grassroots campaign - please take the time to tell your
friends and family about this issue. Thanks for support!

Sincerely,

Ren Bucholz
EFF Activist