[ga] ASCAP Declares War On Free Culture, EFF

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Seems that EFF and other like minded organizations may come under
fire for trying to protect artists and consumers.

See:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/06/25/2048216/ASCAP-Declares-War-On-Free-Culture-EFF

According to Drew Wilson at ZeroPaid and 
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/23/ascap-raising-money.html
Cory Doctorow, the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors 
and Publishers), a US organization that aims to collect royalties for 
its members for the use of their copyrighted works, has begun soliciting 
donations to 
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89494/ascap-declares-war-on-free-culture/
fight key organizations of the free culture movement, such as Creative 
Commons, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Public Knowledge. According to 
a
letter received by ASCAP member Mike Rugnetta, 'Many forces including
Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation and
technology companies with deep pockets are mobilizing to promote
"Copyleft" in order to undermine our "Copyright." They say they are
advocates of consumer rights, but the truth is these groups simply do not
want to pay for the use of our music. Their mission is to spread the word
that our music should be free.' ( http://twitpic.com/1zai6e
Part 1 and http://twitpic.com/1zai66 part 2 of the letter.)
The collecting agency is asking that its professional members donate to
its Legislative Fund for the Arts, which appears to be a lobbying
campaign meant to convince Congress that artists should not have the
choice of licensing their works under a copyleft license.

Regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
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