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Found this in the EFF's newsletter...


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EFFector Online Volume 07 No. 14    November 23, 1994     editors@eff.org
A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation        ISSN 1062-9424

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Subject: Aerosmith & EFF Rock the Net
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Aerosmith Press Release

America's premier rock band, Aerosmith, today announced details of a
unique global event which will take the band across the information
technology frontiers into new realms of Cyberspace. 

In what will be the first event of its kind, Aerosmith's history- making
"Cyberspace Tour," scheduled to take place over four days (December 4 to 7
inclusive), will allow fans from all over the world to "speak" directly to
the band via the four leading information service providers: CompuServe,
Prodigy, America Online and the Internet. 
    
Never before has a band utilized four online services in this way, and
never before have so many people been brought together at one time for an
interactive gathering of this kind. 
    
Proceeds from the connect time charges and the sale of limited edition
"Aerosmith Cyberspace Tour" T-shirts (specially designed in support of the
event by graphic artists at Wired Magazine and manufactured by Giant
Merchandising) will benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) -- a
civil liberties organization dedicated to advancing free speech on the
networks.  In addition, Aerosmith has secured substantial cash donations
for the Foundation from Geffen Records, EMI Music Publishing and Columbia
Records. 
    
Founded in July 1990, over the past four years, the EFF has sponsored
litigation and legislation to protect the privacy rights of computer
users, to ensure that electronic publishers are treated equally under the
law and to guarantee that all speech, no matter how controversial, has a
forum where it can be heard.  As committed supporters of both the First
and Fourth Amendments, Aerosmith hopes to focus worldwide attention on
these important issues through the instigation of this event. 
    
In addition to the opportunity to converse directly with each of the band
members, those participating will stand to win an exciting array of
Aerosmith prizes, ranging from the band's latest, collectible Columbia
release, "Box of Fire", and Geffen's "Big Ones" Aerosmith compilation
album and home video, to their first interactive CD-ROM game, "Virtual
Guitar: Quest for Fame, Featuring Aerosmith" and the CD-ROM-based music
video puzzle game: "Vid Grid." 
    
Kicking off on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. (EST) Aerosmith will first join
users of CompuServe, the world's largest commercial online service, for an
hour-long interchange.  The following night, at 10 p.m. (EST), they will
link up with Prodigy devotees for an hour, before surfing over to America
Online on Tuesday, Dec. 6, between 8:15 p.m. and 9 p.m. (EST). For their
final appearance (10 p.m. EST Dec. 7), the band will log on to a linked
collection of live electronic gathering places, called MOOs, accessible
through the Internet.  This last stop on the tour will see an
unprecedented number of users accessing the system -- making this a
ground-breaking excursion along the information highway. 
    
For two of the online events, the band will be set up backstage, with
Macintosh Powerbooks courtesy of Apple Computers, prior to their shows at
the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit (Dec. 4) and the United Center in
Chicago (Dec. 6).  For the other two nights, utilizing the same equipment,
they will take time out of their hectic schedules, to link up with their
fans en route between gigs. 

Anyone with a computer, a modem and access to one of the four online
services (which are immediately available from any computer store or
through any of the commercial services' 800 numbers) will be able to dial
in and participate in this exciting tour of Cyberspace. 
    
For directions to these online 'gigs' users should contact either the
Electronic Frontier Foundation at 202-347-5400 (voice) or
aerosmith@eff.org (internet e-mail).  Alternatively, details will be
available on each of the participating online services. 

                        
11/23/94
Press Contact: Wendy Laister, +1-213-655-4140 or +44-385-300069

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Dec. 4 -  EFF/Aerosmith Conference, CompuServe Auditorium, 7pm EST
          Contact: 1-800-848-8199 for CIS access; aerosmith@eff.org for info
          See article in this issue for background

Dec. 5 -  EFF/Aerosmith Conference, Prodigy Auditorium, 10pm EST
          Contact: 1-800-776-3449 for Prodigy access; 
                  aerosmith@eff.org for info

Dec. 6 -  EFF/Aerosmith Conference, America On-Line Auditorium, 8:15pm EST
          Contact: 1-800-827-6364 for AOL access; aerosmith@eff.org for info
       
Dec. 7 -  EFF/Aerosmith Conference, Internet Meta-MOO, 10pm EST
          Info: aerosmith@eff.org; even will be hosted simultaneously by
          many MOO hosts (reachable via telnet or MOO client), including
          BayMOO, Chiba/Sprawl, MetaVerse and others.  See your sysadmin
          for technical assistance with telnet and MOO access. This historic
          Event will for the first time link a number of MOO servers in
          realtime, for the largest single organized live event in Internet
          history.  Even may also be "simulcast" via email and WWW.
          Send any message to aerosmith@eff.org for periodic updates.



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