Sign the Petition....for the US to STOP Music & Copyright Online Piracy!

Hi there,

As an independent Singer/Songwriter, Anti-Piracy's a subject that's near and dear to my heart: my music copyrights, sales, and revenues have been personally all but destroyed by online music & video internet piracy, and this is happening worldwide unfortunately. These folks are not just stealing our songs, they're stealing our copyrighted art, our identities, and our very livelihood: the income we rely on to support ourselves & our families, and to keep on writing and performing music!  I liken it to this scenario: would we tolerate it if someone walked in to a museum and took an original painting off the wall, copied it- and sold it to millions of people along with the original?

Whether you're an artist or just enjoy music, I sincerely hope you'll take just a few short minutes to read a very brief article below by William Buckley of FairPlay Inc., and SIGN the Petition on the site link below.  Online piracy effects all of us in one way or another, so keep all of the great new music & videos coming-take action now!

Thanks so much!
DeDe   www.DeDe-Music.com  & www.youtube.com/1DWedekind

Please share this important message with others...

Musicians, songwriters, filmmakers, authors & photographers have lost billions of dollars to online piracy due to a loophole in our existing copyright laws.

Stop penalizing creators and close the loophole that has provided a ‘Safe Harbor’ for online piracy since 1998.

Every creator who has tried to have their work removed from an infringing website knows the problem.  The rightful owner of the work files a ‘take down’ notice, the infringing site deletes the file temporarily and then reposts the same work using a different url.

Under current U.S. law this is perfectly legal and used by every pirate site to avoid prosecution.

Last year alone over 350 Million take down notices were filed with little or no impact on internet piracy.

Sign the Petition Here

Light Reading about Copyrights from ASCAP

Hi there,

I wanted to fill you in on some music news, but be warned. This is a very meaty article lots of fancy terms and such about the wonderful world of music copyrights (and other copyrights).  I got it from an ASCAP email I received, and thought some of you who are musicians or music supporters would want to read what's happening in the big world of music copyrights. These are some thoughts supporting artists and artists rights (which as an artist and songwriter, I also support!), which are being debated now in the US and elsewhere around the world since the advent of the internet and free downloads, music streaming, etc.

http://illusionofmore.com/copyright-critics-dont-get-artists/


Anyways, enjoy this "light" reading!
Musically yours,
DeDe :)
www.DeDe-Music.com
www.facebook.com/DeDeWedekind
www.youtube.com/1dwedekind