Artists campaign against piracy

Artists campaign against piracy

BANDUNG: At least 17 singers and music bands have confirmed
their participation in an antipiracy concert on Jl. Dago in
Bandung, West Java, on Saturday from 8 p.m. through 11 p.m.

"We have to continue conducting antipiracy campaigns like this
even though the Indonesian Ulemas Council has issued a religious
edict declaring piracy as haram (unlawful under Islamic law).
Laws and law enforcement as well as religious edicts cannot put
an end to piracy," said singer Franky Sihalatua on Friday.

Singers Katon Bagaskara, Tere and music bands RIF, GIGI, The
Fly and Pass Band have confirmed their participation in the
concert.

Franky said similar concerts would be held in other big cities
in the country such as Surabaya in East Java, Medan in North
Sumatra and Makassar in South Sulawesi.

Bandung was chosen as the starting point for the campaign
because the city is considered one of the main hubs of pirated
goods, including VCDs and CDs.

Last week, the police in Bandung destroyed 10 million pirated
VCDs confiscated from vendors along Jl. Dalem Kaum, Jl. Kapatihan
and Jl. Merdeka. --JP