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Dutch royalty collection executive forced to resign in extortion scandal

article published on 2 December, 2011

A member of the board of Dutch music collection agency Buma/Stemra has resigned in the midst of a scandal around accusations he tried to shake down a composer who was merely asking him to do his job. Jochem Gerrits is accused of demanding Melchior Rietveldt turn over a third of his royalties in exchange for bringing the matter before the agency's board. Rietveldt's claim revolves around ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		2. December 2011 @ 23:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am sure they will try to throw all the blame onto this guy, in spite of the fact that they are all corrupt, as clearly shown by the fact that they openly pirate content.
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_ 		3. December 2011 @ 16:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not too surprising since corruption is so rampant these days, he got caught and he will suffer the consuquence as a result of their actions.
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