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# Indie Music Trade Group A2IM Offers Different View Of Anti-SOPA Protests
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/indie-music-trade-group-a2im-offers-different-view-of-anti-sopa-protests/
- Published: 2012-01-18T12:51:36.000Z
- Updated: 2012-01-18T12:51:36.000Z
- Description: It's not just the RIAA and big music companies that support SOPA. In another example of the divisions within the music and media industries over proposed anti-piracy legislation and today's. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/indie-music-trade-group-a2im-offers-different-view-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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It's not just the RIAA and big music companies that support SOPA. In another example of the divisions within the music and media industries over proposed anti-piracy legislation and today's anti-SOPA protests, the **American Association Of Independent Musi**c (A2IM) today offered this statement:

> "T

oday a number of websites are shutting down in protest of proposed anti-piracy legislation. They are taking a unilateral action to make their content unavailable. However, under current law, A2IM members whose copyrights are infringed upon cannot take similar action. Our independent labels and their artists have no practical way of taking down illegal links to their music from rogue foreign websites accessed via U.S. search engines.  We urge these search engines to support U.S. content creators by working toward anti-piracy legislation acceptable to all. Let's have a debate that genuinely acknowledges that the voices within our joint communities are deep, broad and diverse and let's all agree that doing nothing is not an option. The media has portrayed the issue as that of two giant industries (movies & music and technology) in conflict, as though this was a battle solely between very rich businesses. In fact, our members are small and medium sized independent businesses that invest in the creation of music and whose very existence is being threatened by the availability of illegal content online. We look forward to solution-oriented discussions among all parties.

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