27.08.2007 14:05 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Universal Claims Deezer.com Is NOT Legal

Following the launch of Deezer, a free online music streaming website, Universal is as expected expressing its concern about its business, and immediately claimed that Deezer was illegal, despite the fact that the website signed an agreement with the state organization, named SACEM, responsible for collecting artist's rights-related financial fees linked to tracks and albums played during all public audience/performance (clubs, radio, concerts, etc.). So, while the SACEM is "defending" artists' interests independently of their individual contracts with different Music Majors, Universal claims the agreement is between Deezer and SACEM is illegal, and the major to ask its catalog to be removed from Deezer's database. Universal is acting this way to avoid loosing control about the way it intends to distribute its catalog, and with which partners. It follows the same strategy used to

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