A NEW LETTER TO LOU REED ( please deliver my message to Mr. Reed ! )

[singsing]

Circolo di Cultura musicale Sing Sing

Viale Mazzini 17 53100 SIENA

0577 222392 Fax [phone]

***@singsing.org





ufficio stampa: CLARART

Via Val Cismon, 4, 20052 Monza (Milano)

[phone] (info), [phone] (fax)

***@clarart.com, www.clarart.com

riferimenti

Claudia Ratti





GALLERIA ARTEUTOPIA

Via Gian Giacomo Mora 5 (20123)

[phone] (info) / 89055279

***@tiscali.it

www.galleriarteutopia.com









Oggetto: Comunicazione importante all'Artista Lou Reed





Dear Mr. Reed



My name is Fabio Del Toro. I am the President of the "Circolo di
Cultura Musicale Sing Sing of Arezzo and Siena" association.

Our Association, whith more than 12,000 members, has been sued by you
(Lou Reed) and other artists as plaintiffs.

We, the defandants, have lost the first trial in 2005. Your lawyers
have requested and obtained the seizure of the Association's
belongings as part of the one million Euros settlement.



As defendants, we were denied the means to contact the plaintiff in
order to find out if the plaintiff was aware of the lawsuit.

Also, the powers of attorney that have been submitted with your
signature at the beginning of the lawsuit were copies (never
originals).

These facts urged us to investigate the matter further, we decided to
find out more about your power of attorney and went to New York to
find the records of the notarization. No traces of the documentation
have been found at the Certification Unit of the New York Department
of State. This outcome gives us reason to doubt of the authenticity of
the document.



We have the suspicion that you don't even know that you are suing us.
If this were true it would be damaging to both parties.

If you did know that you are suing us, probably you would not know why
and what the facts are. I cannot believe that an artist like you can
be opposed to what we are doing and I have the feeling that our
organization might have been misrepresented to you.



The consequences of your civil action have brought the matter to the
attention of the Corte Costituzionale (our Supreme Court) as possible
infringement to the Articles 2,3 and 18 of the Italian Constitution.



I will try to explain in a few lines what we do and who we are:



I presume that you are familiar with the Public Library system of New
York. We function in a similar way. We have members, who in return of
an annual membership fee and other voluntary contributions, have
access to a variety of music and other multimedia, which encompasses
mainstream and less known artists. They can listen to the music in the
Circolo's premises or take it home, listen to it and return it. We are
not a for-profit business who follows a "Blockbuster" model.



We do not understand why you, other artists, and record companies have
the impression that we are big criminals who are causing immense
damages to artists and record companies. Our mission is to give access
to music to everyone in a country where access to music has become a
privilege for the few who can afford it.



Since you are in Italy, the association I represent and I would like
to have a chance to hear from you or, even better, meet you in an
informal way to show what we really are doing. Should your schedule
allow it, Mr. Reed, you are warmly invited to visit us and can judge
by yourself if what we are doing deserves to be "punished" or if it is
a legitimate way to give access to music to the people. Knowing the
artist you are and the cultural background you have, we are confident
that you will not ignore us.



We want to assure you, that we by no means want to include a possible
contact with you in the ongoing legal dispute. We are a little
association with little means and have a giant adversary ready to
crush us. Our only hope is a little humanity, talking to the artists
and asking them if it is really their intent to fight us, or if it is
a battle started by the record companies without their knowledge. The
right to see our accusers or a way to contact them has been denied to
us in court. I don't want to bother you with all the details, unless
are interested in this matter. I will gladly provide further details,
like a copy your power of attorney, to prove that this is not a
stratagem of a fan or deranged person to meet you.





If you would like to find out more about this matter, visit this site:
http://www.circoloculturale.com





Il Presidente del Circolo Sing Sing

Fabio Del Toro

[Linda]

Post by singsing
Circolo di Cultura musicale Sing Sing
Viale Mazzini 17 53100 SIENA
0577 222392 Fax [phone]
ufficio stampa: CLARART
Via Val Cismon, 4, 20052 Monza (Milano)
[phone] (info), [phone] (fax)
riferimenti
Claudia Ratti
GALLERIA ARTEUTOPIA
Via Gian Giacomo Mora 5 (20123)
[phone] (info) / 89055279
www.galleriarteutopia.com
Oggetto: Comunicazione importante all'Artista Lou Reed
Dear Mr. Reed
My name is Fabio Del Toro. I am the President of the "Circolo di
Cultura Musicale Sing Sing of Arezzo and Siena" association.
Our Association, whith more than 12,000 members, has been sued by you
(Lou Reed) and other artists as plaintiffs.
We, the defandants, have lost the first trial in 2005. Your lawyers
have requested and obtained the seizure of the Association's
belongings as part of the one million Euros settlement.
As defendants, we were denied the means to contact the plaintiff in
order to find out if the plaintiff was aware of the lawsuit.
Also, the powers of attorney that have been submitted with your
signature at the beginning of the lawsuit were copies (never
originals).
These facts urged us to investigate the matter further, we decided to
find out more about your power of attorney and went to New York to
find the records of the notarization. No traces of the documentation
have been found at the Certification Unit of the New York Department
of State. This outcome gives us reason to doubt of the authenticity of
the document.
We have the suspicion that you don't even know that you are suing us.
If this were true it would be damaging to both parties.
If you did know that you are suing us, probably you would not know why
and what the facts are. I cannot believe that an artist like you can
be opposed to what we are doing and I have the feeling that our
organization might have been misrepresented to you.
The consequences of your civil action have brought the matter to the
attention of the Corte Costituzionale (our Supreme Court) as possible
infringement to the Articles 2,3 and 18 of the Italian Constitution.
I presume that you are familiar with the Public Library system of New
York. We function in a similar way. We have members, who in return of
an annual membership fee and other voluntary contributions, have
access to a variety of music and other multimedia, which encompasses
mainstream and less known artists. They can listen to the music in the
Circolo's premises or take it home, listen to it and return it. We are
not a for-profit business who follows a "Blockbuster" model.
We do not understand why you, other artists, and record companies have
the impression that we are big criminals who are causing immense
damages to artists and record companies. Our mission is to give access
to music to everyone in a country where access to music has become a
privilege for the few who can afford it.
Since you are in Italy, the association I represent and I would like
to have a chance to hear from you or, even better, meet you in an
informal way to show what we really are doing. Should your schedule
allow it, Mr. Reed, you are warmly invited to visit us and can judge
by yourself if what we are doing deserves to be "punished" or if it is
a legitimate way to give access to music to the people. Knowing the
artist you are and the cultural background you have, we are confident
that you will not ignore us.
We want to assure you, that we by no means want to include a possible
contact with you in the ongoing legal dispute. We are a little
association with little means and have a giant adversary ready to
crush us. Our only hope is a little humanity, talking to the artists
and asking them if it is really their intent to fight us, or if it is
a battle started by the record companies without their knowledge. The
right to see our accusers or a way to contact them has been denied to
us in court. I don't want to bother you with all the details, unless
are interested in this matter. I will gladly provide further details,
like a copy your power of attorney, to prove that this is not a
stratagem of a fan or deranged person to meet you.
If you would like to find out more about this matter, visit this site:http://www.circoloculturale.com
Il Presidente del Circolo Sing Sing
Fabio Del Toro

Contact Lou Reed through Sister Ray Enterprises in New York City. The
address is publicly accessible in the Internet Business Pages.

Linda