Kahului, Maui: Jay April, the CEO and President for the State of Hawaii's, Akaku: Maui Community Television; whom public court records on Maui show is currently suing twenty one local, independent community television producers on Maui, claiming he exclusively controls the copyright for their independent productions and that Maui's PEG Access television producers have no right to show their own productions anywhere other than on Akaku's State Run Cable Access Television Channels publicly stated:
“We’re very grateful to Hawaii People’s Fund for their commitment to media justice to fund this public awareness coalition,” says Jay April, President/ CEO of Akaku, who invited `Ōlelo, Na Leo and Ho`ike to lead the coalition’s public education messages with their respective island audiences.
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