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Composer submits 70,200 forms to German RIAA

14 November, 2008 | 7.14AM

Written by: Terry Church
Filed under: Music News: johannes kreidler, riaa

Applying old copyright law in the digital world is like forcing people to put a stamp on every email they send.

But whilst the rest of the world has slowly woken up to the fact that old business models don’t apply in the digital age, copyright societies, particularly ones that represent the ‘interests’ of musicians and composers still linger in the stone age.

And to prove just how out-of-touch copyright societies are in a world moving at light speed, a German composer has submitted 70,200 forms to GEMA - Germany’s version of the RIAA - for a 33 second avant garde piece that contains 70,200 samples.

The reason? GEMA requires you to fill in a form for every sample you use in a musical piece no matter how minute.

Johannes Kreidler arrived at the headquarters of GEMA in a van full of paper. Awesome.

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Applying old copyright law in the digital world is like forcing people to put a stamp on every email they send.

But whilst the rest of the world has slowly woken up to the fact that old business models don't apply in the digital age, copyright societies, particularly ones that represent the 'interests' of musicians and composers still linger in the stone age.

And to prove just how out-of-touch copyright societies are in a world moving at light speed, a German composer has submitted 70,200 forms to GEMA - Germany's version of the RIAA - for a 33 second avant garde piece that contains 70,200 samples.

The reason? GEMA requires you to fill in a form for every sample you use in a musical piece no matter how minute.

Johannes Kreidler arrived at the headquarters of GEMA in a van full of paper. Awesome.Applying old copyright law in the digital world is like forcing people to put a stamp on every email they send.

But whilst the rest of the world has slowly woken up to the fact that old business models don't apply in the digital age, copyright societies, particularly ones that represent the 'interests' of musicians and composers still linger in the stone age.

And to prove just how out-of-touch copyright societies are in a world moving at light speed, a German composer has submitted 70,200 forms to GEMA - Germany's version of the RIAA - for a 33 second avant garde piece that contains 70,200 samples.

The reason? GEMA requires you to fill in a form for every sample you use in a musical piece no matter how minute.

Johannes Kreidler arrived at the headquarters of GEMA in a van full of paper. Awesome.
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