[livius]

There was an article about this in the WSJ today. It’s not only Gibson, and not only guitars. Some poor guy was threatened with years in jail for exporting an instrument that had ivory. His crime was that he had actually checked with Customs first, and this put him on a watch list; even though he had certificates that the instrument was old enough to have been before the ban, they didn’t consider this sufficient. He actually had to plead guilty and pay a $17,000 fine in order to avoid jail.

This is killing the importing and exporting of instruments, to say nothing of building them. It’s the US government eco-terrorists at work.

[Nachum]

I am thinking of starting a composite file “EPA Gone Wild” with Obama/EPA articles tracking the administration. Should be a large file.

:)

[absolootezer0]

This is killing the importing and exporting of instruments, to say nothing of building them. It’s the US government eco-terrorists at work.

not just instruments, it's *anything" with even a small chunk of whatever material they deem "endangered." jewelery, guns, clothes, furniture, antiques and curios, art..

[brityank]

There was an article about this in the WSJ today. It’s not only Gibson, and not only guitars.

That article is in the WSJonline Opinion sction:

Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear

Seems some are also stripping the ivory and ebony keys out of their concert pianos and harpsichords because of this misguided nazi enforcment.