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Earth_First

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Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:34 PM Mar 2012

Alec Empire Donates Money From Sony Ad to Hacker Group Anonymous

Atari Teenage Riot's Alec Empire Donates Money From Sony Ad to Hacker Group Anonymous

Alec Empire, frontman of the German electropunk group Atari Teenage Riot and founder of the Digital Hardcore label, is now also a 21st century Robin Hood of sorts.

Empire has handed a large sum of money earned from Sony Entertainment off to FreeAnons, which is part of the pro-hacker Anonymous Solidarity Network. The group offers financial support to individuals facing legal trouble for alleged work with the Anonymous hacker group.

The money came from licensing Atari Teenage Riot's song "Black Flags" for use in a commercial for the PlayStation Vita handheld console. It's a particularly humorous move considering that Anonymous has in the past been in direct conflict with Sony.

http://pitchfork.com/news/45679-atari-teenage-riots-alec-empire-donates-money-from-sony-ad-to-hacker-group-anonymous/

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Alec Empire Donates Money From Sony Ad to Hacker Group Anonymous (Original Post) Earth_First Mar 2012 OP
Black Flags MichaelMcGuire Mar 2012 #1
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