EMI Suing Meetingpeopleiseasy.de for live mp3's
Recently meetingpeopleiseasy.de hosted a live concert of Radiohead Live in Berlin on 09-11-01 on there website in mp3 format. It has been widely known for some time that Radiohead are supporters of th... continue reading »
"They are live recordings and are not available on any album, thus, not affecting record sales."
"why should they have the right to sue for something they would never have got anything out of in the first place? it's a bit dumb if you ask me"
"I first heard radiohead when i download an mp3 from Napster. Since then i have bought all five of their studio albums. In this case, file sharing hardly damaged EMI's profits. I don't belive that MPIE will have damaged them either. Indeed, they've probabl"
"aa's;d"
"This is why the music business is going downhill."
"Maybe it's just me, but I was always under the impression that the record company only owned the RECORDED studio work of an artist. Perhaps Radiohead signed a different contract, but usually it's only studio work which is owned by the label. Can anybody c"
"this shouldn't even be an issue."
"This is obscene. Freedom of speech, guys. There is nothing wrong with this. If a crime, then certainly a victimless one."
"i highly doubt the online availability of live recordings is hurting radiohead's sales figuers. those of us who take the time to download these files love radiohead enought to buy their albums regardless of what is made available on the internet. i had 'a"
