Regret the Error

An article in the Arts & Leisure section last Sunday about the No Music Day campaign in Britain included several incorrect references to Muzak, the company that sells prerecorded background music.
Muzak is not distributed in the United Kingdom, and lobbying groups there are not protesting the company; they are against piped music. Many musicians there oppose piped music; all practicing musicians do not “tend to despise Muzak.” The pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim joined in the protests last year, but he did not angrily denounce Muzak. A group leading the campaign, Pipedown International, is against all forms of background music; it has not been campaigning against Muzak for 15 years. And a bill currently in Parliament and promoted by Pipedown seeks to ban piped music; it does not call for banning Muzak in hospitals. Link