Radio station breached copyright

Mike Magri

Jul 17th 2010, 11:59

"Radio station breached copyright"

Sooo..... "One Radio ordered to pay €50,000 in royalties", ehhh...!!??

How about ALL those other Radio Stations, whether political, state, private or otherwise..!!?? And ALL those Maltese and Gozitan singers, singing all kinds of cover versions, including selections from operas, musicals, etc...!!?? And ALL those bars, clubs, discos, wedding halls etc. that play all kinds of music...!!??

IS THE P.R.S. LTD. ALSO CONTEMPLATING OF FILING FOR DAMAGES TO ALL THESE TOO...! Lets Hear It P.R.S.

What A JOKE.. to say the least...!!!

Joe Grima

Jul 16th 2010, 15:59

PRS is nothing but daylight robbery and takes money from patrons under false pretences. Like every other creative artist, a composer joins a lyric writer to create music.That piece of music is recorded by a vocalist and an orchestra , usually at the expense of a record company, and put on the market for sale. Composers and lyric writers enter into contracts with their record label for their share from the selling price of the record. That is where the claim to copyright should end. A product has been put on the market, has been sold and the originators of the product share in the money obtained from the sale. If rights claimed by PRS really existed universally, why don't authors damand payment every time a book that has been sold is read or loaned from a public library? Why don't sculptors claim payment whenever their sculptures are viewed in a museum? Why don't chefs calim payment when their recipes are repeatedly tried ? No one claims payment in these cases because, once there is a sale, that payment should suffice for compensating the originators of the product. I am surprised that no one has challenged the copyright law yet.