intellectual Property and Copyright

Pure Irony right here, with the discovery of pirated music being used for the anti-piracy campaign. Anyone who has watched a DVD in the last couple of years will be familiar with the video, which claims stealing films to be the same as stealing a car, handbag, tv or any other thing for that matter. So, it would seem that music isn't included in the intellectual copyright laws, as the music, composed by Melchior Rietveldt, was composed for BREIN (anti-piracy group), for use in a film festival. Here's the best thing - "Legal estimates put the amount of money Rietveldt is owed by pretty much every movie house on Earth at somewhere close to €1 million. Matters got even worse when the chairman of the board of the royalty collection agency in the Netherlands offered to help recoup the funds - but only if he could take a 33% cut." I'm sure that this will sway well for SOPA (stop Online Piracy Act) in the current heated battle of passing the blame of copyright from consumer to web hosts and small businesses. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is also protesting against SOPA by threatening a "blackout" in which wikipedia will be taken offline. Google and Ebay founders are also joining the fight against SOPA, as they "would threaten the technology industry and lead to Web censorship." So with the rising pressure from internet giants Wikipedia, Google and Ebay, it seems to be a case of "fair trade to musicians and film makers, but a massive loss of internet resource for everybody" or "Musicians and Film makers must find another way to make money, but the internet lives on". I know, even as a musician, which of them i'd pick. You can view the anti-piracy video right here, with stolen soundtrack all inclusive Sources: Anti-piracy video has pirated music! Wikipedia to 'blackout' Google and Ebay founds join the fight