The recent libel indictment against the popular rapper Jeff Huang for a sarcastic song he wrote three years ago about legalizing mp3 downloads sparked controversy on Thursday.
Huang was indicted on Wednesday on charges of aggravated libel. The lyrics of one of his songs claimed that 43 legislators, including former Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chiu Yi-ying and Chang Hsueh-shun, are involved in attempting to murder Taiwanese music and that they support pirated music.
The lyrics further suggested that the legislators should be on the alert, even mentioning that they might “die an unexpected death.”
The lyrics also hinted that the peer-to-peer (P2P) Web sites Kuro and Ezpeer that allow subscribers to download music must have offered bribes to the legislators, as a code was being proposed for P2P operators.
