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Business Wire, Sept 26, 2002

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Spurred by mounting concern over the growing impact of illegal downloading and studies that show a lack of consumer awareness of the problem, an unprecedented alliance of musicians, songwriters, music organizations and record companies announced the launch of an aggressive education campaign aimed at combating the wholesale theft of music that threatens the livelihoods of everyone from artists and songwriters to manufacturers, sound engineers and record-store clerks.

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