RIGA - Fed up with the huge revenue losses caused by piracy, Latvia's music industry recently decided to show the public what life would be like if it were not around. On Sep. 1, they literally stopped the music.For one hour on that morning, major commercial radio stations refused to play any music. Throughout the day, no music videos were broadcast on major TV stations. Riga's major record stores joined the protest by closing their doors for six hours.The objective of these actions, backed up by pickets outside government offices, was to highlight, "The unwillingness and impotence of gover...
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