In its ongoing war against music pirates fans, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been backing the proposed IP Act. The IP Act is designed to "prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property." If passed into law, it would give the government the authority to shut down not only sites that it deems to be distributing copyrighted materials, but also sites that link to them. So in essence, by me linking to The Pirate Bay to download all your Limp Bizkit mp3's, The Gauntlet can be seized with no trial, no notice, no warning and the site become RIAA property. Just poof, it's gone. Even though I am not involved in hosting, pirating, or even advocating that you download the entire discography from Godsmack, I can lose The Gauntlet. You think it won't happen, it already has.

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CINDERELLA, KIX, FIREHOUSE, STRYPER, FASTER PUSSYCAT andBANG TANGO are among the newly confirmed bands for the new metal cruise Monsters Of Rock - The Voyage, which is set to sail on February 25 and return three days later via Ft. Lauderdale / Bahamas / Key West.

The billing is shaping up as follows:

TESLA
CINDERELLA
KIX
Y&T
FIREHOUSE
STRYPER
BLACK 'N BLUE
LYNCH MOB
KEEL
ERIC MARTIN
JOHN CORABI
FASTER PUSSYCAT
BANG TANGO

Commented the organizers: "The inaugural Monsters Of Rock cruise will be nothing short of epic! Think of it as one big backstage party… Talk about getting up close and personal with some of your favorite bands! This will indeed be the rock 'n roll vacation that people will chatter about for years to come... and we invite you to be a part of it."

For more information, go to this location.

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