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Ike
11/9/2006, 01:44 PM
From a Japaneese news site:
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20061109p2a00m0na018000c.html

A 73-year-old bar manager who illegally performed copyrighted tunes by the Beatles and other artists on the harmonica was arrested Thursday on suspicion of violating the Copyright Law, police said.

Arrested was Masami Toyoda, of Tokyo's Nerima-ku. He has reportedly admitted to the allegations against him.

Investigators accuse Toyoda of illegally performing 33 songs such as the Beatles' songs "Here, There and Everywhere" and "Yesterday," whose copyrights are managed by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. He allegedly performed the songs on the harmonica with a female pianist at the bar he operated between August and September this year.

Officials said the society sought a provisional injunction against Toyoda in 2001 because he had repeatedly performed copyrighted songs in the past without permission, and the Tokyo District Court granted the injunction.

The society filed a criminal complaint against him in September this year because he later kept playing copyrighted songs. (Mainichi)
Fugue
11/9/2006, 01:51 PM
no kidding, you can't cover tunes in bars there?

that's bogus man.
IB4OU2
11/9/2006, 01:52 PM
From a Japaneese news site:
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20061109p2a00m0na018000c.html

Good grief! :eek:

I played "Yesterday" on the juice harp not more than 3 weeks ago....
fadada1
11/9/2006, 02:04 PM
Good grief! :eek:

I played "Yesterday" on the skin flute not more than 3 weeks ago....
excuse me???








:D
IB4OU2
11/9/2006, 02:10 PM
excuse me???








:D

:mad: don't offend the musicians on this board......;)
sanantoniosooner
11/9/2006, 02:14 PM
Thank God "America" is public domain.

I'd hate to get canned for playing that with my armpit.
BlondeSoonerGirl
11/9/2006, 02:21 PM
Veddy strange law for a place that lives for their karaoke.

One in every house - just like us and our TVs. Heck, we have a company karaoke machine for our parties and stuff.
n8v_ndn
11/9/2006, 02:58 PM
...Heck, we have a company karaoke machine for our parties and stuff.

What about the inflatable Sumo outfits?
BlondeSoonerGirl
11/9/2006, 03:01 PM
Heh. No...

BUT we do have those little stress balls that everyone keeps laying around.

And they're little diapered Sumo wrasslers. I should take a pic of mine and post it. We have fun with those stupid things....:D
crawfish
11/9/2006, 03:03 PM
He's gonna be sued by Toyota next week. :)
LoyalFan
11/10/2006, 12:18 AM
Well, that does it for "fake book" sales in Jay-pan.

LF
soonerboomer93
11/10/2006, 06:44 AM
Heh, and yet Karoake bars in Korea specialize in a different kind of "singing"
Chuck Bao
11/10/2006, 07:09 AM
We have the same thing in Thailand. If you have a commercial establishment and play live or recorded music for your patrons, you would have to pay a fee to a national organization collecting royalties on behalf of the artists or owners of the copyrighted material.

I don't think it is very much and I haven't heard anyone being prosecuted yet for not complying.

Is it not the same in the US?
1stTimeCaller
11/10/2006, 07:14 AM
it is