ARTISTS SPEAK OUT
"Niks 'Beat' die original nie!" Pieter Koen
"Support local music legally." ProKid
"I support legitimate music." Vuyo Mbuli
"Don't suck! Buy your own." David Fourie
"I support legitimate music." Machance
"Rock on RiSA". Martin Wonderboom
"Baie liefde en dankie vir wat julle vir ons doen." Juanita du Plessis
"I support the efforts of the anti-piracy unit of RiSA." Enrique Iglesias
"It's better to pay for it now then pay for it later. By burning and selling illegally, you're not being true to yourself and the artist. Please help and support us so that we can always give you good music." Prime Circle
Dozi as he expressed himself on the program Carte Blanche broadcast on 26 February 2006:
"A lawyer has got a job, a doctor has got a job. This is my job - it's not my hobby. And I mean this is my income, this is my policy for when I'm an old man one day. And for me, I feel they steal; it's not piracy. Really, it's like somebody stealing from me. It's like getting to a guy's safe and stealing all his money. If we don't stop it, the Afrikaans music industry is going to fall apart."
"You know, you go to bed in the evening and you're proud of what you've done in the day. You think, 'I've done this and I've written this beautiful song', and I mean this means nothing for you if you don't sell it, if people steal it from you."
Message of Gerrie Pretorius as he expressed himself on the program DKNT broadcast on 25 February 2006:
"Wat ons vir die mense wil sê, asseblief, moenie gekopieerde goed koop by stalletjies by vlooimarkte nie. In 'n mate is dit steel want jy ontneem ons kunstenaars van ons tantieme wat ons moet verdien, jy ontneem die musiekskrywers van hulle tantieme. Gewoonlik het die CD's wat gecopy is nie details op nie – so die mense kan ons nie vir konserte bespreek nie. Kom ons wees trots Suid-Afrikaans. Ons het so lank gevat om ons Suid-Afrikaanse mark te kry waar hy nou is en dat dit met ons musiek goed gaan - moenie laat ons dit nou verder afbreek deur vervalste copies te koop van enige van ons Afrikaanse kunstenaars, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars nie. Kom ons hou ons bedryf skoon.
Carike Keuzenkamp had this to say about the pamphlet "Young people, music and the internet" launched by Childnet International and RiSA: "Ons kinders leef in 'n wêreld vol gevare en ek ondersteun aksies wat daarop gemik is om kinders te waarsku teen die misbruik van die internet"
