Big Music’s Smiling Skull
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Copyright holders and more than 35 organizations from, “many different cultural branches” are launching an online petition, “against the weakening of the copyrighted work,” says Aftenbladet.no under the headline, From skull to smile.
They include Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s IFPI (International Federation of Phornographic Industry).
And in supreme irony, the corporate content groups are calling their campaign, ‘Share – don’t steal’.
The ‘petition’ will take the form of an advertisement published in Norwegian newspapers tomorrow and Thursday, says the story.
Ragnar Bjerkreim, chairman of the the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists, is quoted as saying the ‘appeal’ is unique.
He was also Involved in Big Music’s 2007 “Piracy Kills Music” campaign, admitting it was, “relatively poorly received,” says Aftonbladet.
If you’re in Norway and you’re looking for a laugh, the organisers are also planning to stage a meeting in Oslo.
No need to stay tuned.
(Cheers, Lars)
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Aftenbladet.no – Fra dødningehode til smil, August 31, 2009
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August 31st, 2009 at 10:58 am
“Share – don’t steal” “Because we’re the only ones who can steal! We’re the copyright owners, stealing your money and stealing what is rightfully deserved by the artists because… we can!”
August 31st, 2009 at 11:20 am
I think “Share – don’t steal” is precisely the philosophy that the Pirate Party should stand by.
Don’t steal music. Purchase it or be given it by friends. Once you’ve got it, share it.
The cartel is doing an excellent job of giving file-sharers great names and mottoes.
Perhaps we should find a motto for musicians?
How about:
“Make music, not manacles”
“Music – made for sharing.”
“If music is the food of love, its monopoly is mass malnutrition.”
August 31st, 2009 at 11:45 am
“Music – great for both entertaining people and messing with label owners”
August 31st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
âShare – donât stealâ
Translation: Do what I say not what I do petition campaign.
Now what about a petition calling for the eradication of all these music corporate parasites! using the same logo but in reverse from smiley to skull: “Share don’t buy” or “Spray don’t feed the parasites”
August 31st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Fitch – I like the sound of “Music – Made for sharing”. Has a nice ring to it. I’m a pro-filesharing musician. Mind if I use that motto when promoting my own copyleft music?
August 31st, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Are you really sure you’re a pro-filesharing musician?
September 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 pm
“Motto’s – Made for sharing”