Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Music publisher threatens legal action against sporting fans
Giant music publishing company EMI has threatened legal action against Australian sporting fans. EMI says The Fanatics' Ashes songbook breached copyright because it included altered lyrics to songs such as Go West by the Village People and Daydream Believer by The Monkees.
The Daydream Believer parody included the lines: "Cheer up Michael Vaughan, How bad must it be, To a be a poor pommie whinger, And you're watching on TV?"
The group had removed the songs from its website and was considering what to do with 100,000 booklets that have already printed. They said "We need to work out whether we have to shred these or whether we can in fact hand them out free outside the ground.This action from EMI seems pretty heavy-handed."
IMO: I think EMI is actually run by "pommie whingers". They tend to remind me of the chap from Ealing, Alan Bond, who eventually got out of jail after only four years, far too little. But he certainly whinged.
Subsequent note: EMI has rescinded the ban and it is understood that the songbook and downloads will now be available.
The Daydream Believer parody included the lines: "Cheer up Michael Vaughan, How bad must it be, To a be a poor pommie whinger, And you're watching on TV?"
The group had removed the songs from its website and was considering what to do with 100,000 booklets that have already printed. They said "We need to work out whether we have to shred these or whether we can in fact hand them out free outside the ground.This action from EMI seems pretty heavy-handed."
IMO: I think EMI is actually run by "pommie whingers". They tend to remind me of the chap from Ealing, Alan Bond, who eventually got out of jail after only four years, far too little. But he certainly whinged.
Subsequent note: EMI has rescinded the ban and it is understood that the songbook and downloads will now be available.
# posted by uv : 4:10 AM
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