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Articles Related to the August 24, 2011 Gibson Guitar Raid by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
EIA Statement Regarding 24 August 2011 Gibson Guitars Raid by US Fish & Wildlife Service
Compilation of Responses to H.R. 3210
US Fish and Wildlife Official Statement Regarding Lacey Law Enforcement
Bloomberg Businessweek: The U.S. vs. Rock ’n’ Roll
Lacey Act at Core of Gibson Probe
Cooper Bites Back at Criticism Over Proposed Guitar Legislation
Martin Unveils Recycled Wood Guitar, While Gibson Still Fights Raid Fallout
Martin Guitar Announces Use of Recycled Sitka Spruce in Performance Artist Series Intstrument
Gibson Guitar and Illegal Logging
Play Responsibly: Guitar Makers Seek Sustainable Sound
Congressmen Seek Changes to Environmental Protection Law
Gibson Presses for Return of Ebony Wood
Gibson Sells First Guitars with New Wood
Gibson Guitars Weeps Over Federal Logging Rules
Environmentalists Call Guitars a "Convenient Cover-up" for Lacey Act Changes
Tennessee Lawmakers Focal Point of Lacey Act Fight
Wood Industry Coalition Opposes Lacey Act Changes
Gibson Guitar Ignites Debate Over Environmental Protections
For Guitar Makers, Prized Woods Pose Quandary
Critics line up against bill backed by Gibson Guitars
Are Gibson Guitars Killing the Rainforest?
Guitar Antihero (Part 1): How Gibson Guitars made illegal logging a conservative cause célèbre
Guitar Antihero (Part 2): Lawless logging and slaughtered wildlife didn’t stop Gibson Guitar
Guitar Antihero (Part 3): How Congress fell for Gibson’s bunk crusade
Guitar Antihero (Part 4): Gibson’s crusade is off-key with U.S. workers
Hardwood Industry Defends Law Gibson is Fighting
Combating Illegal Logging: Why the U.S. Should Stand Behind “Lacey”
Gibson Owners Say Lacey Act can Save Jobs
Madagascar Holds Concert against illegal logging, week before tea-party’s pro-Gibson rally
For Guitar Makers, Prized Wood Pose Quandary
Tea Party vs. Madagascar’s Forests
Lacey Act; The Diverse Coalitions that Support it and why efforts to weaken it should be resisted
The Lacey Act—Protecting Forests, Wildlife, and American Jobs
Gibson Defends Its Guitar Wood After Federal raids
As Controversy Ensues, Lacey Act Under Attack
Where We Stand: The Lacey Act and our Law Enforcement Work
Gibson’s Wood Problem: Is your Guitar Solo Shredding the rainforest?
US Lawmakers: The Lacey Act Targets Instrument Makers, not Musicians
Lacey Act Protects US Jobs from Illegal Logging
Why Gibson Guitar was Raided by the Justice Department
Is Gibson Guitars Unfairly Bullied or Have They Really Screwed Up… Again?
Gibson and the Lacey Act—A Game Changer in the Music Industry
Gibson Guitars is Playing Politics to the Detriment of Jobs and Forests
Lacey Act Ensnares Gibson Guitar
Environmental, Industry Group Push Back Against Gibson Guitar
Trade Law Hits Raw Notes for Guitar Maker Gibson
Gibson and Lacey: Round II
Gibson is Playing a Tea Party Tune
Gibson raid raises attention on Lacey Act enforcement: Furniture importers watching for implications for industry
Lacey Act Enforcement: Round Two with Gibson Guitars
Proponents of Lacey Act push back against Gibson
The Conservative Obsession with Gibson Guitars
The Lacey Act is Good for American Business
Democratic Lawmaker Circulates Letter to protect Lacey Act
Guitar Aficionado: What the Lacey Act Means for Guitar Makers
NAMM Responds to Recent Lacey Act Developments
Taylor and Martin Guitars Express Support for the Lacey Act
Log Jam
Feds wont target unwitting owners of Illegal Wood
The Lacey Act has Teeth
Musicians off Hook after Gibson Raid
Fear not, US tells Guitarists Worried by Illegal Wood
Update About Gibson Guitars and the Lacey Act
Articles Related to the January 19, 2012 NAMM Trade Show
EIA Press Release: Musicians and environmentalists unite in opposition to music industry’s lobbying offensive endangering rainforests and jobs
Environmentalists and Musicians Lobbying Against NAMM
Song of the Week: "Slash & Burn," for the NAMM show's musical instrument wood controversy
Why Gibson guitars ran afoul of logging rules, and why activists are in Anaheim for NAMM
Musicians, Environmental Groups in Tune to Stop Illegal Logging
National Association of Music Merchants does 'disservice' to members by misleading them on illegal logging law, says letter mongabay.com
Seeing the Forests for the Trees and Stopping Illegal Logging
Music Merchants Pressured Over Lacey Act
Les guitares Gibson ont trop saigné le bois malgache (in French)
Guitarristas (popular Spanish music website with video of event in Spanish) "Protesta contra la tala ilegal ante el NAMM Show"
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