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Live Aid style concert planned to support hacker
Progressive rock legends Marillion are set to perform at a benefit concert for hacker Gary McKinnon.
A concert is being organised to support the hacker, who the US is currently trying to extradite over charges that he caused $700,000 worth of damage when he allegedly hacked into US security systems at NASA and the Pentagon.
This would be an excellent way to raise awareness of Gary’s case and hopefully encourage a debate regarding the UK/US extradition treaty.
Mr Hemsworth, who is also UK director of the International UFO Congress, plans to organise a ‘Band Aid style’ song recorded at Abbey Road studios and hopes George Michael will sing Mr McKinnon’s own single, Only a Fool. All proceeds from the concert will go to the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, after Mr McKinnon was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome in August.
I wonder how much the tickets would be and what the turn out would be like.
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