Anti-pirating ad music stolen (2012)
a year ago
- #copyright
- #piracy
- #music
- Anti-piracy ads on DVDs use stolen music, highlighting hypocrisy.
- Dutch musician Melchior Reitveldt's music was used without permission in anti-piracy ads globally.
- Buma/Stemra, the Dutch music royalty agency, mishandled Reitveldt's case and offered a problematic settlement.
- A director of Buma/Stemra proposed a corrupt deal, which was exposed via recorded conversation.
- The court eventually ruled in favor of Reitveldt, ordering repayment.
- Modern copyright enforcement can be extreme, as seen in a case where sharing 24 songs led to a $222,000 fine.