URGENT: Congress considering banning live music!

Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 16:45:07 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
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dear fellow phish fans, and any & all who appreciate live music,
Congress is considering two pieces of legislation that could effectively ban
live music and concerts ! The two bills are the RAVE Act (H.R. 718) and the CLEAN-UP Act (H.R. 834).
Both could be passed this year.
If enacted, nightclub and stadium owners would likely stop holding concerts,
since they could potentially be subjected to twenty years in federal prison
for violating this proposed law. The idea is to punish property owners and
promoters (nightclubs, stadiums, festivals, etc) for any drug offense that
their customers may commit - even if they work hard (ie-perform searches at
the door) to stop such offenses.
The bill is aimed at stopping Raves, but it will impact all live concerts,
big and small, which will also falls under the bill. Hopefully the music
industry will use their large checkbook to lobby Congress and block the
legislation, since they would loose large sums of revenue if this bill was
passed. However, we can all be pro-active and write/call your
representatives in Washington to say you do not want them to support these
bills!
happy summer touring to everyone, do it while you still can!!
read about it & ACT NOW here:
http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=1516