Warnings of the music industry: rights defence or making money?
There is the case of the screaming injustice happened recently for a joung man in the U.S., who published a short video on YouTube, where he was dancing to one of the copyright protected music title. The music was played in the background and was hardly to heard. Nevertheless, he got promptly a warning from the music industry. I believe that such behavior approach on the edge of the nonsense borders. Especially because the music was very quietly, and very short. The video was only 30 seconds long.
Fortunately the parents of the boy were not scared and decided to fight back. They were able to defend their rights and are ready to sue the music industry. As the mother of the boy says, she has really nothing to lose and she is supported by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
We can only hope that the courts take a wise decision to ensure the security of citizens from exploitation by profit sue-industry.
I believe that the music industry did not undertand that the sue of its own customers is a very bad idea. If you forward the own customers into prisons, you will have always falling sales, because you will lose you customers.