Are you a wood flooring installer with a musical hobby? Or maybe you're a musician who daylights as a wood flooring installer? Either way, Gibson Guitar Corporation would like to recruit you for its "Fight For Your Right to Rock" promotion, a campaign to promote its ongoing Lacey Act amendment efforts.
There are three ways to participate in the campaign: shoot a music video, create an original song or develop a logo. One lucky participant will take home a customized Gibson Les Paul Standard valued at $3,899.
"Fight For Your Right to Rock" is one of the recent moves Gibson has taken recently to sway public opinion to its side in the battle to amend the Lacey Act. In addition, last week Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz wrote "Repeal the Lacey Act? Hell No, Make It Stronger" for the Huffington Post.
While it's clear Juszkiewicz and his PR team have been working overtime as of late, the CEO's outspokenness may turn out to work against the company's goal of reforming the Lacey Act, according to Nashville Public Radio. Typically, legal experts recommend company representatives stay silent in the face of a federal investigation for fear of being unable to back up statements when later questioned by prosecutors.
The Hardwood Federation, of which the NWFA is a part, does not support amending the Lacey Act. Conversely, the NWFA is working with the Lacey Defense National Consensus Committee to develop a national consensus standard in order to define "due care" under the Lacey Act.
