Friday, February 03, 2006

Piracy and Litigation

Song for my mood: Reflections of Passion by Yanni.

This sounds like a reversed version of the Stockholm Syndrome. With all music companies going behind illegal downloaders of music, Terry McBride's is actually sympathising with David Greubel. RIAA is out to fine him and Nettwerk Music Group, whose CEO is Terry McBride has stood behind him. Nettwerk Music Group has agreed to pay the total expense of all legal fees as well as any fines should the family lose the case against the RIAA. Funnily, one of the songs targetted is Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne, a Nettwerk management client. More on that here
Nettwerk is the largest privately owned music company in Canada. I agree with McBride when he says that, "suing music fans is not the solution, it's the problem".

Thanks to Deepa for bringing this to my notice!

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