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Rock Band Launches StopNapster.com

Comprehensive Site Calls for 'Trojan Horse' MP3s, 'Napster Bombs,' Congressional Reforms, Names Metallica's Lars Ulrich 'Artist of the Year'

OAKLAND, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Stepping up the war against Napster Inc. and an unprecedented wave of online-music piracy, an independent rock band from Oakland, Calif., today launched StopNapster.com and issued a comprehensive call to action in support of recording artists and other music professionals.

Sponsored by the Tabloids ( http://www.thetabloids.com ), whose upcoming CD ``Train of Thought'' continues the band's history of songs with social commentary, StopNapster.com makes clear that online piracy is not only illegal but tramples on the constitutional rights of musicians, publishers, producers, scientists, authors, lecturers, actors and inventors.

``The Tabloids obviously will take a considerable amount of heat from Napster supporters, even some major label artists,'' said Tracy Robinson, owner of Endless Loop Records, the Tabloids' independent record label.

``But we feel it's important to give small labels and independent artists a voice on the Internet about Napster's potentially destructive effects on their careers. StopNapster.com also fills an important role in the ongoing debate about Internet piracy's long-term impact on works of art and creative freedom.''

Launched with nine articles on the subject, StopNapster.com:

    -- Recommends the music industry create Trojan Horse MP3s as electronic
       counter measures.
    -- Provides recording artists with the recipe for making Napster Bombs.
    -- Calls for Congress to adopt license fees on all CD rippers, MP3
       encoders and audio file sharing software.
    -- Names Metallica's Lars Ulrich "Artist of the Year" for personally
       kicking some 300,000 users off Napster.
    -- Names MP3.com's Michael Robertson "Executive of the Year" for filing a
       statement supporting a preliminary injunction against Napster.

``With Napster, millions of Americans are using a technological weapon to undermine one of our most cherished freedoms -- the ability to own the contents of your own mind,'' added Tabloids lead singer Michael Robinson.

``The U.S. Constitution specifically provides copyright protection because it is an integral part of intellectual freedom. This protection isn't supposed to hinge upon what is convenient, what is popular or who has the best technology.''

For more information please visit http://www.stopnapster.com or http://www.thetabloids.com .

SOURCE: Endless Loop Records

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