Remember that catchy tune on the "You Wouldn't Steal a Handbag..." antipiracy notices? Yup. They pirated the music.
Anti-piracy group BREIN is caught up in a huge copyright scandal in the Netherlands. A musician who composed a track for use at a local film festival later found it being used without permission in an anti-piracy campaign. He is now claiming at least a million euros for the unauthorized distribution of his work on DVDs. To make matters even worse, a board member of a royalty collection agency offered to to help the composer to recoup the money, but only if he received 33% of the loot.
I think the copyright owner should issue a fine of 100,000 euros per DVD containing the track. If you don’t get the reference, Joel Tenenbaum downloaded 30 tracks and was persecuted by the RIAA for $675,000. There is a double standard here, and it really proves that the recording industries and the anti-piracy groups are all in it just for the money.
The amount of DVDs made with this pirated track exceeds 10,000,000! If Joel Tenenbaum was charged for $675,000 for 30 tracks, and if you do the math… BREIN should owe 225000000000 USD!
