If you want to support P2P software and you are an american resident, use the link to send an email to your congressperson. http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2713

EFF( Electronic Frontier Foundation) file-sharing campaign site http://www.eff.org/share/

TAKE ACTION! SEND A MESSAGE Ask Congress to Hold Hearings on P2P! The RIAA recently announced that they will begin suing individual users of P2P software before the summer is out. This is only the most recent development in a campaign that is putting companies out of business, forcing college students to hand over tens of thousands of dollars, and bullying ISPs into betraying your trust. Adding insult to injury, these tactics don't earn a single penny for the artists you love. It is time to change the laws that the RIAA relies upon to bully the public. There are over 60 million Americans using P2P today, and you can make a difference. Send this letter and urge Congress to hold hearings on using P2P to get artists paid. Electronic Frontier Foundation "Let the Music Play" Campaign Urges 60 Million Music Lovers in U.S. to Demand Legal Rights Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today launched a "Let the Music Play" campaign urging the more than 60 million U.S. citizens who use file-sharing software to demand changes in copyright law to get artists paid and make file-sharing legal.

The EFF Let the Music Play campaign counters the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) announcement that it will file thousands of lawsuits against individuals who use file-sharing software like Kazaa, Grokster, and Morpheus.

"Copyright law is out of step with the views of the American public and the reality of music distribution online," said EFF Executive Director Shari Steele. "Rather than trying to sue people into submission, we need to find a better alternative that gets artists paid while making file sharing legal."

EFF's Let the Music Play campaign provides alternatives to the RIAA's litigation barrage, details EFF's efforts to defend peer-to-peer file sharing, and makes it easy for individuals to write members of Congress. EFF will also place advertisements about the Right to Share campaign in magazines such as Spin, Blender, Computer Gaming World, and PC Gamer.

"Today, more U.S. citizens use file-sharing software than voted for President Bush," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann. "Congress needs to spend less time listening to record industry lobbyists and more time listening to the more than 60 million Americans who use file-sharing software today."

According to online media analyst Big Champagne, more than 60 million Americans are using file-sharing software.

-- Anonymous, July 02, 2003