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[ NNSquad ] Music industry heavyweights astroturfing for PROTECT ID Web censorship and blocking
Music industry heavyweights astroturfing for PROTECT ID Web censorship and blocking http://bit.ly/lltVje (This message on Google Buzz) - - - One of my music industry readers just forwarded me the following mass email sent today by Jim Urie, CEO of Universal Music Group (CMGD). Apparently transmitted via the bulk mail ExactTarget system, it directs recipients to a Web page that urges readers to send supposedly grassroots, personal messages to lawmakers promoting passage of PROTECT ID (S. 968) to block and censor Web sites, search engines, and a broad range of Internet speech. Reference: The New Campaign to Demonize Google for Their Protection of the Constitution http://bit.ly/jLDmLU (Lauren's Blog) Since the original links in the forwarded email and the associated main letter Web page URLs appear that they may be tagged to the specific recipient of the original email, I have removed the links from the forwarded message text below. However, you can see the "compose message" letter Web page itself at: http://bit.ly/ljBhpI (Capwiz) --Lauren-- ----- Forwarded message from [ ] From: "Jim Urie" <jim.urie@umgd.umusic-mail.com> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 14:00:44 To: [ ] Reply-To: "Jim Urie" < [possibly tagged address removed] > Subject: Act Now Dear [ ], Last year, I sent e-mails urging the music community to become more engaged in the fight against online music theft. Your response led to over 50,000 e-mails imploring Congress to pass aggressive laws to combat piracy and an impressive push for new legislation to help. In January, a new Congress convened and the legislative process began again. Fortunately, building on the momentum generated last year, a bipartisan group of legislators recently introduced S. 968; a bill giving the Justice Department the authority to seek a federal court order to seize a domain name used by a website engaged in criminal piracy or counterfeiting. Under the bill the Court would also issue an order to intermediaries -- such as ISPs, payment processors, Internet registries, advertisers, etc. -- prohibiting them from doing business with such criminal operations. Even if you sent an e-mail in support of this legislation last year, please do so AGAIN to be heard. Each and every one of us needs to act NOW if we want the legislation to gain momentum. Please click [ ] HERE to send an e-mail to your Senators and Representative to ask that they support this innovative legislation. Take the time to ask your colleagues and friends to send a message as well. It's easy to make an impact - just enter your home address and click "send." Sincerely, Jim Urie [] www.musicrightsnow.org [] Forward to A Friend This email was sent to [] Universal Music Group [] Unsubscribe [] Update Profile [] View Privacy Policy List Manager, Universal Music Companies 2220 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404 ----- End forwarded message ----- ---------------------- --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://j.mp/laurenbuzz Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com