Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Aug 2009 13:22 UTC
Not too long ago we had a semi-loss for The Pirate Bay in The Netherlands, which was convicted 'by default' because the defendants did not show up in court to plea their case. Today, The Netherlands once again saw a ruling in a high-profile piracy case, and again, there's a loss for the defendants. Update: Oh, and by the way - thought about putting some lyrics you like on your website or blog? Think again. We live in a crazy world, people.
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Authors and artists that relinquish responsibility of their OWN material then shouldn't have any complaints. They give their stuff to "greedy distributor x" it is not theirs anymore so why worry about it. It is kind of amusing that the cost to produce music is so small compared to the cost of hiring the lawyers to litigate and to lobby and middle management that for every song you buy you're not really buying music but more likely funding some lawyer somewhere.
It is a much more difficult road to remain independent but it provides more control. Only then can an artist complain about piracy.