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Band to sue French President over copyright infringement

article published on 1 March, 2009

The popular indie band MGMT has accused French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his party of using one of their songs without proper compensation and has threatened to sue the President if the situation is not rectified. Sarkozy's party, the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) confirmed that they paid a ?53 fee to France's music licensing body, but lawyers for the band say the compensation ... [ read the full article ]

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Lothros
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_ 		1. March 2009 @ 20:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, the hypocrisy is thick here...

Trust the French to be like that eh?
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ivymike
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_ 		1. March 2009 @ 21:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Maybe Sarcozy will get the guillotine :)
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ZippyDSM
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_ 		2. March 2009 @ 01:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and thus why copy right needs to be overhauled...
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