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[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

Thanks, John:  The protest has occurred.  No media coverage?  Will be
interesting to see whether the story gets picked up in the 'morrow. 
Just hope there was some documentation, video, or audio captured.
Tom

On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 10:18, Dr. John Raymond Baker wrote:
> Tom:
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> From: "tom poe" <tompoe AT amihost.com>
> To: "Community Studios" <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Cc: "Cindy Webb" <cindy.webb AT washingtonpost.com>; "willr" <willr AT ktru.org>;
> <DMCA_Discuss AT lists.microshaft.org>; "Jenny Levine" <levinej AT sls.lib.il.us>
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:55 AM
> Subject: [DMCA_Discuss] First Protest Against A Record Label since the '60's
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> 
> > If anyone has connections to help spread the word, this could be
> > important, especially the part about "first protest demonstration by
> > recording artists against a label since the 1960's."
> > Thanks,
> > Tom Poe
> > Open Studios
> > Reno, NV
> > http://www.studioforrecording.org/
> >
> > http://www.afm.org/public/press/press_10-10-03.php
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10th, 2003
> > Contact: Honore Stockley (315) 422-4488 ext. 104
> > >From the Office of Thomas F. Lee, President, American Federation of
> > Musicians:
> >
> > Musicians to Demonstrate in front of Record Label
> >  The artists, who irreverently refer to themselves as "The Green Linnet
> > Five," are planning to do a "sing-in" protest at the record label's
> > headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut. This will be the first protest
> > demonstration by recording artists against a label since the 1960's.
> > "This protest is not just about the five of us - it's also about the
> > countless other Irish artists who have also been stiffed but who can't
> > afford to sue a company with the financial resources of Green Linnet,"
> > said Mick Moloney, who is a professional musician, as well as a
> > professor of Irish music at New York University. "We will sing some
> > great old labor movement songs that were well known to the first
> > generation of Irish immigrants in America," Moloney added. "It will be a
> > great concert with an important message," Moloney said.
> >
> > "It would probably shock most Irish music fans to know that the artists
> > who recorded their favorite Green Linnet albums have not been paid a
> > dime for many years," said famed fiddle player Eileen Ivers. The Green
> > Linnet Five hopes that their protest will cause the company to account
> > and pay all of their artists the royalties, which are long overdue.
> > Cherish the Ladies lead musician Joanie Madden said, "Green Linnet has
> > gotten away with this outrageous behavior because Irish artists sat back
> > and did nothing … well those days are officially over!"
> >
> >
> >
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