Surely this is a fit-up?
The BBC is reporting that music industry is suing Kwik-Fit, a UK-based chain of car repair shops, for infringing musical copyright because its employees listen to radios at work?!?
The PRS (an organization that collects royalties for artists in the UK) claimed “that Kwik-Fit mechanics routinely use personal radios while working at service centres across the UK and that music, protected by copyright, could be heard by colleagues and customers.”
Those evil car mechanics.
Kwik-Fit is asking for the case to be thrown out. If that doesn’t work and the UK becomes an inhospitable environment for music-loving mechanics, apparently demand is on the rise for tire repair centers in Sweden.
Can you imagine how efficient the record labels would be now if they had invested just half the time and effort they’ve put into turning their business into a protection racket, into legitimizing downloading?
October 8th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Very cool post. It is a shame what the music business is doing. Its like having an outdoor concert and freaking out because the people walking down the side walk or live close by might hear and they didn’t purchase a ticket.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Another example of the music biz being woefully out of touch:
http://internetscelebrities.com/the-internets/if-sharing-scenario-is-wrong-i-dont-want-to-be-copyright/