Banned Music

BannedMusic.org is a peer-to-peer collaboration that makes it impossible for the major record labels to ban or censor musical works.

DownhillBattle.org is a music activism site working to bring positive change to the music industry. They created and run Banned Music.

Illegal Art is a wonderful exhibit and website that presents artwork which has been legally attacked.

If you'd like to get involved with Downhill Battle's music activism projects, join here.

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NB: Downhill Battle ran an ad in response to Pepsi & Apple's famous "I Fought The Law" ad, which featured teenagers who were prosecuted for using filesharing programs to freely give and receive music online. Downhill Battle's ad featured those same teenagers, but with changes to the text and audio, using the Twisted Sister song "We're Not Gonna Take It" in place of Pepsi/Apple's choice, "I Fought The Law (And The Law Won)", by the Bobby Fuller Four.

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Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that offers a flexible copyright for a creative work.
From their website:
"Creative Commons offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists. We have built upon the 'all rights reserved' of traditional copyright to create a voluntary 'some rights reserved' copyright."

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I suggest you visit these sites, and find out what the record companies and the RIAA don't tell you.