From the 'Cybergrass' website
http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=196


(For Immediate Release) Las Vegas, NV, February 5, 2004

Las Vegas-based Webcaster Alliance launched a new round of attacks against Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch today and is urging Americans to hold the Senator accountable for misleading claims about pornography on P2P networks while at the same time protecting the special interests of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Senator recently introduced the Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement Act of 2003 (the EnFORCE Act), which requires the Department of Justice to “report to Congress detailed information about the scope of its efforts to investigate and prosecute crimes involving the sexual exploitation of minors or intellectual property."

Webcaster Alliance contends the EnFORCE Act has little if anything to do with protecting children or enhancing obscenity reporting. Instead, the organization believes it is simply another deal designed by Orrin Hatch, specifically to expand exemptions intended to protect the RIAA from legitimate legal claims of monopolistic, anticompetitive behavior.

"In light of the disgusting display during the Halftime show of the Super Bowl, I think it is outrageous for Senator Hatch to maintain his support of the RIAA, while continuing to espouse the evils of P2P networks," said Ann Gabriel, President of Webcaster Alliance.

"For many months now, RIAA President Cary Sherman has made lurid, erroneous and disingenuous claims with regard to pornography and P2P networks, warning of the dangers these networks could pose to children on the Internet," Ms. Gabriel continued, "But today, thanks to RIAA member-label Virgin Records, the millions of people world wide who were watching the Super Bowl can attest to the fact that 'inadvertent exposure to pornography' can also exist during a live televised, prime time national event."

Citing recent media reports which indicate the stunt was engineered, Ms. Gabriel said, "Moments after the disgusting Halftime display, Virgin Records posted a press release on the wires promoting Ms. Jackson's latest single. The press release along with a promotional digital copy of the song was immediately made available to radio stations, a clear indication of the record label's participation in orchestrating, promoting and profiting from this salacious event."

Ms. Gabriel hopes that the public, as well as legislators will be offended by the continuing support of Senator Hatch for the Recording Industry, and will make their voices heard. She states, "The Senators continued support of the RIAA and its member-labels is a slap in the face to the 90 million people worldwide who witnessed that outrageous spectacle during the Halftime show of the Super Bowl. It is obvious that the Recording Industry will stop at nothing, including a vulgar, world-wide display of public indecency, to promote and sell its products."

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For more information contact - Ann Gabriel - email: agabriel@webcasteralliance.com or by phone at (702) 228-7409; Brian Hurley - email: bhurley@webcasteralliance.com

About Webcaster Alliance, Inc.: Webcaster Alliance is a trade organization dedicated to providing information, education, support and services to every aspect of the streaming media community. Founded on the principles of promoting and encouraging growth for all of its members, Webcaster Alliance is committed to promoting the causes, people and technology that drive the streaming media community. For more information visit us on the web at: http://www.webcasteralliance.com

horray.

Down the Hatch ate his own grenade. lol

scratch that Hatch hahahahaha.

Booby Hatch!

I think Orrin hatch gets off enough on the money he pockets from the RIAA, now he can play back the footage from the superbowl with janet jackson exposing her breasts on national tv with millions of children watching and say to himself, " I made this all possible by kissing the RIAA's asses"

Nobody vote for Hatch when his time comes again. I've never liked him.

“report to Congress detailed information about the scope of its efforts to investigate and prosecute crimes involving the sexual exploitation of minors or intellectual property."

Wow, wtf. The statement goes from enforcing laws on sexual exploitation of minors ..... and intellectual property..... like one at all relates to the other. Are the melesters tired of people copying their child porn? wtf