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Not just the pirates: Brazilian rights holders indicted for ripping off artists

Fifteen officials of ECAD, the Brazilian organization in charge of collecting copyright licensing fees for music, face indictment after a Senate investigation there. The organization is the Brazilian counterpart to American collecting societies...

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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

SABAM Charged With Copyright Fraud, Embezzlement, Money Laundering

In 2004, a Belgian composer filed a complaint against local music rights group SABAM. Philippe Delhaye, an associate member of SABAM, claimed that there had been “breaches” in the correct payment of his...

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Saturday, February 18th, 2012 Net News No Comments