Editing Ian MacKaye (section)

===Campaigning, business and activism===
[[File:Mackaye.jpg|thumb|upright|MacKaye in 2007]]
Throughout his career, MacKaye has opted to advertise in independent and underground media and perform in unconventional venues. Such practices keep admission prices low (in the US$5–US$15 range) and allow fans of all ages to attend performances. Maintaining a low overhead and protecting monetary assets are also important ideals for MacKaye, who in the summer of 1990 formed the corporation Lunar Atrocities Ltd<ref>[http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=170568 "Lunar Atrocities Limited"] mblr.dc.gov. Retrieved on February 23, 2009.  {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> in order to shield his own and his bandmates' personal assets from the threat of lawsuits. As Seth Martin, MacKaye's financial adviser explained to the ''Washington Post'' in a 1993 interview: "protection from liability is the main reason to form a corporation, and for these guys it makes sense. If someone got hurt stage-diving and decided to sue, it would be a little harder to go after their personal assets."<ref>{{cite news|title=PUNK LIVES! Washington's Fugazi Claims It's Just a Band. So Why Do So Many Kids Think It's God?|url=http://www.geocities.com/drawcamp/wp93.htm|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 27, 2013|author=Eric Brace|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524145636/https://www.webcitation.org/5knitPwPx?url=http://www.geocities.com/drawcamp/wp93.htm|archive-date=May 24, 2024|date=August 1, 1993|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

MacKaye has also been known to rebuke concert violence and to confront crowd surfers and other unruly concert attendees who start fights. This is especially true of his days with [[Fugazi]]. When audience members became belligerent or violent at a Fugazi show, the band would cease to play (sometimes right in the middle of a song) and MacKaye would tell them to stop. If those people continued their deviant behavior, he would have their admission price refunded and have them ejected from the concert venue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kellman |first=Andy |url={{AllMusic|class=artist |id=p4319/biography |pure_url=yes}} |title=Fugazi |website=AllMusic |date=November 30, 2000 |access-date=2011-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Rear Window' with Ian MacKaye – Vol. X|url=http://paradigmmagazine.com/site/2013/03/11/rear-window-with-ian-mackaye-vol-x/|work=Paradigm Magazine|publisher=the Paradigm Magazine|access-date=April 27, 2013|author=Ed Templeton|date=March 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530223445/http://paradigmmagazine.com/site/2013/03/11/rear-window-with-ian-mackaye-vol-x|archive-date=May 30, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2007 MacKaye provided technical audio assistance to [[Alan Canfora]], a former [[Kent State University]] student who, in 1970, was [[Kent State Shootings|injured by a gunshot]] while protesting the [[Cambodian campaign|U.S. invasion of Cambodia]]. MacKaye cleaned up a field recording of the incident made by another student. According to Canfora, a voice can be heard on the tape yelling, "Right here! Get set! Point! Fire!" before a 13-second volley of gunfire commences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ian MacKaye helping with Kent State shooting investigation|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/23611|work=Punknews.org|access-date=April 27, 2013|date=May 8, 2007}}</ref>