Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Center Stage for Background Music: Collective Society Victorious Against Supermarket

Mena Lo and Lilian Shi of Wilkinson & Grist China wrote a short article about a copyright infringement case the Music Copyright Society of China brought against Beijing MerryMart Chain Stores.

The Beijing Haidian District People's Court awarded only 500 Renminbi damages.
Read the IAM Magazine article here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

supermarket customers should be able to choose whether they want to shop in silence and not pay for the music that will increase the prices of the products

Anonymous said...

When you hear music in the street you should not have to pay for it
When you hear music in the lift you should not have to pay for it
When you hear music in a shop you should not have to pay for it