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Remember The 80s?

June 12, 2007 | 4:11 PM

Shaggy haired 1980s rock icon Eddie Money is back in the public eye (sort of) and he's taking on Internet piracy. The man whose songs "Take Me Home Tonight" and "Two Tickets to Paradise" once blared on my boom box has joined the fight against illegal file-sharing.

"Music piracy is illegal and extremely detrimental to all of those who make a living creating original musical works," Money said in a press release on Tuesday. His new album, "Wanna Go Back," was released in March. "If you truly like music, don't steal it. Support the industry by downloading your music legally," he said.

SafeMedia Corp., which develops software to thwart peer-to-peer transmissions, sent out the release. Oh, and if you're in the mood to hear some classic Money, click here and here. Thanks YouTube!

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