Nina Paley recorded an open letter video regarding the takedown of Sita Sings the Blues by GEMA (comparable to ASCAP/BMI in the US). It's short, sweet, and biting.
http://youtu.be/LpTPTQ3e0Jg For some background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft_f%C3%BCr_musikalische_Auff%C3%BChrungs-_und_mechanische_Vervielf%C3%A4ltigungsrechte http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nina Paley <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 4:44 AM Subject: My GEMA German censorship protest video Hi EFF friends, GEMA has blocked Sita Sings the Blues from German Youtube for over a year, maybe over 2 years - I can't be certain because I have only anecdotal reports. I came up with this idea while I was at OKCon in Berlin, and saw the takedown message with my own eyes. Better than using lawyers! http://youtu.be/LpTPTQ3e0Jg Please share, especially with Europeans. Thanks, --Nina _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
