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For more information, contact:

Keith Putnam

High Water Media LLC

1819 25^th Road

First Floor

Astoria, NY 11102

keith@highwatermedia.com

917-886-2056

NYC INDIE BAND SEIZE THEM! RELEASES EP UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE

April 25, 2008, New York City, NY – Queens-based indie rockers Seize Them! have chosen to forego the traditional protection of copyrighting their music in favor of enabling the widest possible exposure for their work. All of the five songs comprising their debut EP have been released to the public under a Creative Commons license, allowing and encouraging fans to reuse, remix, and repurpose the tunes with very few restrictions.

Seize Them!’s producer Don Red, who has worked with such east-coast musical luminaries as Cyclub, The Thungs, Mr. Dang Dang, Prince Büd and OUCH explained the band’s motivations by saying “Creative Commons gives artists maximum control over their work without sacrificing connection to the audience, and that connection is the reason we’re in this business in the first place. It’s for people who believe that music is free, but artists should get paid for their labor.” Creative Commons was developed in 2001 by intellectual property experts James Boyle, Michael Carroll, and Lawrence Lessig, MIT computer science professor Hal Abelson, cyberlaw expert Eric Saltzman, and public domain Web publisher Eric Eldred to facilitate sharing of creative works by creating a structure for content creators to retain certain intellectual property rights while giving up others.

The band will sell the disc via their website, as well as in digital download form at the iTunes Music Store and other outlets. They also offer full recordings of most of their live shows to fans for free.

About The Band: Seize Them! is a four-piece rock ensemble from New York City who have been gigging steadily around the metropolis for nearly a year to wide acclaim. Their debut EP is also the first release on the High Water Media label.

For further information, contact Keith Putnam at (917) 886-2056

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The Seize Them! EP (as yet untitled) is set to go to the final mix this week, putting the band on track for their record release gig at Don Hill’s on April 25th.

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