"...One of the big names collaborating with Mendelsohn in the platform development is Henry Poole, co-founder of Civic Actions and internet strategist with a penchant for "social and economic justice". Not surprisingly the two clicked right away, given the economic unjustice of Hollywood. Some of Poole's other projects include the WITNESS video platform which enables anyone to upload video of situations where human rights are violated, currently attracting a lot of attention in humanitarian circles, as well as providing network solutions for Creative Commons, the Free Software Foundation, for which he is a board member. Interestingly, anti-DRM clients provide a decent amount of annual revenues to Civic Actions.

Look for Virtual Artists to make its official debute sometime later in the year pending suitable funding."