The Stop RIAA Lawsuits Coalition
An Invitation to Endorse a One Week RIAA Boycott: 
A coalition of websites is coming together to create www.stopRIAAlawsuits.com, which will call for a one week boycott of RIAA music coinciding with the next round of lawsuits against music fans. We would like to invite your site to join the coalition. When the RIAA files its next round of suits, we will launch the website which will include a link to every endorsing site-- the more we have on board, the stronger a statement we can send. The record industry trying to use these suits to scare people into buying their products. To end the lawsuits, we need to show them that lawsuits will hurt their bottom line. To endorse, send an email from your domain to stopRIAAlawsuits@downhillbattle.org. More information follows. 
On September 8, the major record labels sued 261 music fans and customers for using filesharing programs. These lawsuits are a desperate act by a failing industry. There is little evidence that filesharing has anything to do with the decline in record sales over the past three years and the record industry's effort to eliminate filesharing is a pathetic attempt to slow innovation so they can continue to control musicians and music fans. That the industry chose to fight 60 million filesharers by stomping on families is just the latest example of an industry out of control. Many people have heard of the 12 year old girl, Brianna LaHara who lives in public housing in New York City and was sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Her situation is not unusual; there are many many more who have been targeted and are being financially crushed by these suits. The record companies say that they will continue filing suits indefinitely, but if we act quickly we can stop them. The next round of lawsuits will be filed sometime in October. 
The stopRIAAlawsuits.com coalition will call for a one week boycott to tell the record industry and the public that these lawsuits are unacceptable and must end. When it goes public, the site will explain why the boycott is important, suggest ways to buy independent music, and will feature the list of endorsing websites. With a broad coalition of websites calling for a boycott, we can become part of the story when the next round of lawsuits is filed. We hope your site will join us. Please pass this message along to other sites that may be interested. By October 8, www.stopRIAAlawsuits.com will list the websites that have already signed on. 
Sincerely, 
The stopRIAAlawsuits.com Coalition 
To endorse the boycott, email: stopRIAAlawsuits@downhillbattle.org (your endorsement is strictly limited to this one week boycott, your site's name will not be used for any other purpose)