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RT @Ken_November: ギブソン・ギター社、環境法違反容疑で米連邦機関が調査。業者を介した絶滅危惧種木材の輸入で。 http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/11/17/gibson_guitars_raided_by_fbi 12/1/2009 |
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I don't want to live in a country where lemurs prevent us from rocking. http://bit.ly/4taNX2 11/27/2009 |
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Razzia på Gibson Nashville angående trevirke. http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/11/17/gibson_guitars_raided_by_fbi 11/27/2009 |
Gibson Guitars raided by FBI
Guitar-Edge.com Blog —
... Nashville Post (subscription)
Federal agents and local police seized wood, guitars, computers and boxes of files from Gibson Guitars' Massman Road manufacturing facility Tuesday. ...
Gibson Guitars Gets Raided By The Feds
Pribek —
Strange story from the Nashville Post…
Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local police today seized wood, guitars, computers and boxes of files from Gibson Guitar’s Massman Road manufacturing facility.
Sources say the Nashville-based guitar manufacturer is being investigated for violating the Lacey Act, a key piece of environmental law, for importing endangered species of rosewood from Madagascar…
…Sources tell NashvillePost.com Gibson was involved in a scheme that shipped the wood from ...
Gibson Offices Raided By Federal Agents
GuitarGearHeads Blog —
... For more details and to read more on this story, please see the NashvillePost.com article at http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/200 … son_guitars_raided_by_fbi ...
Gibson Raided by Federal Agents for Illegal Rosewood!!
Billy Penn's 300Guitars.com —
... from Madagascar. Gibson has issued a statement saying that they are fully cooperating with federal agents in the investigation of the harvested wood. Gibson purchases wood from legal suppliers who are supposed to follow legal standards. Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO sits on the board of the Rainforest Alliance and takes the issue of certification very seriously. Gibson Guitars will continue to cooperate fully and assist federal agents with the investigation. Click here to read the full story in the Nashville Post . ...
Big OOPS! at Gibson
Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog —
... Gibson smuggling endangered rosewood from MADAGASCAR via Germany? Henry steps down from board position at Rainforest Alliance? READ HERE Sounds like Hendrix "Strat" karma to me... ...
More On the Movement Toward Sustainable Guitar Making
GearPipe | Musical Instrument Deals and Discounts —
... I thought more about this the other day when I heard about the raid on the Gibson Guitar offices in Nashville for an alleged violation of the Lacey Act, an environmental law, for importing endangered species of rosewood from Madagascar. I have no idea whether Gibson is guilty or not, but it is interesting that they are one of the companies that have partnered up on the Music Wood Campaign. ...
