French President Sued for Copyright Infringement, Offers Band 1 Euro Settlement (CBC)

[Drew Wilson]

U.S. indie band MGMT has threatened to sue French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party for repeatedly using one if its hit songs without permission, unless the band is fully compensated for its use.

The Union pour un Mouvement Populaire party paid a standard €53 fee ($75.54 Cdn.) to France's music licensing body, but MGMT's lawyer Isabelle Wekstein says that this was not enough to cover subsequent uses of the song, particularly on the Web.

The party has admitted to using the popular track, Kids, at its national congress in January, in two online videos and in political advertisements. But it claims this was an unintentional mistake and offered the band a symbolic €1 ($1.43 Cdn.) for copyright infringement.

Wekstein has rejected the offer, calling it insulting.

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PWNED!!!

[Signa]

Sounds like they are barking up the wrong tree. Suing your customers is one thing, suing your lawmakers that allow you to sue your customers is another.

[mountain_rage]

Maybe their on our side, some musicians oppose the legislation being passed by the big record cartels. Could simply be their way of shoving their legislation in their face.