I blacked out one of the oldest site online today in protest of SOPA

If you visited our company site Altavoz.com today from 8am-8pm we blacked it out and if you knew the effort that I have expended to keep it online since May of 1995 and what this company does~  you would know that this is not just a symbolic act. 

Now click our our company blog to read why. I know it's another blog, and that's the point it's something that I felt it's important to get a voice out from someone that has been in the music business since before the intertubes.

So please click here to read more..


http://altavozdistroco.com/2012/01/18/why-we-blacked-out-altavoz-com/

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