nsane.forums Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 It is no secret that the major record labels have a double standard when it comes to copyright. On the one hand they try to put operators of BitTorrent sites in jail and ruin the lives of single mothers and students by demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, and on the other they sell CDs containing music for which they haven’t obtained copyright permission.In the past we’ve covered many disputes between artists and labels, where the latter is being accused or even sued for using songs without permission. Just a few months ago Latin America’s biggest artist, Alejandro Fernández, sent the police to a Sony Music office to confiscate over 6,000 CDs that the label refused to return, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.The labels have made a habit of using songs from a wide variety of artists for compilation CDs without securing the rights. They simply use the recording and make note of it on “pending list” so they can deal with it later. This has been going on since the 1980s and since then the list of unpaid tracks (or copyright infringements) has grown to 300,000.Growing tired of the label’s piracy, a group of artists have filed a class-action lawsuit in Canada against four major labels connected to the CRIA, the local equivalent of the RIAA. In October last year Warner Music, Sony BMG Music, EMI Music and Universal Music were sued for illegal use of thousands of tracks and at present the case is still underway. How and why this blatant copyright infringement could go on for years is a mystery, but the label’s double standard has been picked up by the plaintiffs as well. “The conduct of the defendant record companies is aggravated by their strict and unremitting approach to the enforcement of their copyright interests against consumers,” the artists argue in their claim for damages. The suit is still ongoing but already the labels have admitted to owing at least $50 million for infringing the rights of artists, and this figure could grow as high as 60 billion. So who are the real pirates here?Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Best news I heard this week.:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 They're diverting the attention of the masses to torrent sites while they do something nasty themselves...And to top it off, they're earning money, while we (pirates) do not :bag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Owl Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 So the record labels are saying don't do what we do (steal music), do what we say (pay us money). :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 These greedy bastards better lay off ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natakaasd Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 It would be best that this case gets real big and hot, until all of them have to burn a big hole in their pockets to pay for pirating. 1-2 billion dollars should only be a few pennies to them anyways.~Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I hope they get caught pirating so much that they go bankrupt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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