Song Sites Face Legal Crackdown

CaptainPotato writes "According to the BBC, the Music Publishers' Association is stepping up to launch the next phase in the music industry's battle against online music. The MPA is demanding jail time for the maintainers of websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics. The MPA President has stated that closing websites and imposing fines is not enough, stating that by 'throw [ing]in some jail time I think we'll be a little more effective' in its crusade." We just recently reported on the pearLyrics cease-and-desist order as well.

Comments

Re:Damn it that's not good enough

[SilverspurG]

At no other time in history has the collection of taxes been so automated. In centuries past there was a feedback system of what a fair tax was. That system was governed by how well the people were doing. If the landowner ask for too much there just wasn't any way to take more from the peasants without initiating a physical confrontation. In many cases this was done and peasants were outright killed to intimidate the remainder into reaching deeper into their pockets or, in many cases, signing over into legal debt which could be used against them for all years to follow.

In today's society it is completely automated for them to take us down to our very last dollar. There is no way for us to regulate this. There is no way for the taxpayer to say "No". Most employers require that you submit to taxes or they rescind the job offer. I've heard that the IRS isn't fun to deal with either.

There is no common sense when these humans have a limitless supply of money.

Re:Will this pertain to TAB sites too?

[gowen]

That's freaky. You post a link to OLGA and my name (nearly) at the top (I'm Gareth Owen, not Owens, but that is me they're refering to). Grrrrr...