“Gray” Tuesday Web Protest Draws RIAA Warnings

On Tuesday, numerous websites staged a protest against EMI who moved to try to block distribution of a remix of the Beatles’ White Album. “The protesters billed the event as “Grey Tuesday,” calling it “a day of coordinated civil disobedience,” during which more than 150 sites offered the album for download. Recording industry lawyers saw it as 24 hours of mass copyright infringement and sent letters to the Web sites demanding that they not follow through on the protest.”