At 02:59 PM 9/4/98 -0700, \[Sn\] wrote:
quoted 13 lines "The RIAA has received your e-mails on>"The RIAA has received your e-mails on
>sampling and our CD Plant Guidelines -- some thoughtful and persuasive,
>others offensive and uninformed," read the press release from RIAA
>president and CEO Hilary Rosen that was addressed to "Fans of Negativland."
>"Unfortunately, Negativland, and many of you, believe that our CD Plant
>Good Business Practices -- formalized earlier this year into specific
>guidelines for CD plants to recognize pirated product -- has had the
>unintended effect of prejudicing the group's ability to get their album
>pressed," the release continued. "As an organization that has worked
>tirelessly to protect freedom of expression, we are gravely concerned about
>this perception. Our objective in issuing the CD Plant Guidelines has been
>to stop piracy, not artistic expression. Accordingly, the RIAA has amended
>its CD Plant Guidelines in response to your concerns."
This is like the Nazis calling themselves an organization that has worked
tirelessly to protect human rights.
Che