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A US pressure group is offering music fans the chance to trade in copies of Ashlee Simpson's album for "one of a higher entertainment quality".

Fans can bring the CD to a New York venue and exchange it for one by Elvis Costello, The Ramones, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin or others.

The stunt is being held by a group calling itself Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment (Hope).

Simpson recently sparked a furore when she was found to be miming on TV reports BBC online.

She fled from the stage of Saturday Night Live after a guide track she was using started without her.

Simpson, 20, made her name as an actress and TV presenter before entering pop music. Her debut album, Autobiography, was released in the US in July.

Hope has targeted Paris Hilton in the past. They demonstrated against her at a Los Angeles signing event for her book Confessions of an Heiress.

Members carried placards with slogans such as "Why are you famous?" and "You can't buy brain cells".