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<div>With the talk of the role of the net in war, I thought some might
be interested in this item (I'm not sure how widely it's been
covered). Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth) has created a new record
"label" (http://www.protest-records.com) in order to
distribute free mp3s of protest songs. A lot of musicians and critics
are arguing that unlike during Vietnam, since all the major labels
these days are owned by multi-media conglamorates, no one will back a
protest song no matter how famous the star (look at what rained down
on the Dixie Chicks for stating they were ashamed to be from the same
state as Bush). Apparently Moore has been contacted by some fairly
famous acts (including my beloved r.e.m., whose own protest song is on
their website<font size="-1">
http://www.remhq.com/finalStraw/finalstraw.html</font>) interested in
contributing their songs.</div>
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<div>Nancy</div>
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<div>Nancy Baym<x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym<br>
Communication Studies, University of Kansas<br>
102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA<br>
Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org</div>
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