[LINK] SMH: Radiohead and JJJ

[Roger Clarke]

An intelligent article, which suggests that the reporter has a better 
idea of what's actually going on than EMI does.  Or possibly that EMI 
is slowly starting to get it.


EMI says it's not OK, computer
The Sydney Morning Herald
Date: April 3 2003
By Bernard Zuel
http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2003/04/02/1048962814654.htm

ABC youth radio network Triple J has promised not to play any more 
pirated material from the upcoming Radiohead album after it became 
the first radio station in the world this week to download and air 
the unreleased songs.

"We don't want to infringe on the copyright," Triple J's music 
director, Arnold Frolows, said yesterday. "This was a one-off event. 
Were not interested in ripping off an artist's work three months out."

The British band's album, titled with what must be unintended irony 
as Hail to the Thief , is not due for release until June9.
...
"It was like a found object," Frolows said when asked if there had 
been any ethical dilemma. "As fans it was more about getting excited 
about finding something like this and we thought, 'what can we do, we 
have to play it on the radio'."
...
However, although EMI was involved in a "rolling process" of 
encouraging websites to remove the material by reminding them of 
copyright legislation, Mr O'Donnell said there were no plans to take 
action against TripleJ - described as "Radiohead's traditional home" 
- nor to bring forward the album's release date to thwart further 
pirating.
...

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