Parody band forced offline by Sony
Found on Reuters on Thursday, 03 March 2005
They combine the classic melodies of the Beatles with the heavy-metal thunder of Metallica, but the rock band Beatallica certainly isn't music to Sony's ears.
Sony's publishing arm, which owns the rights to the Beatles catalogue, has ordered the Milwaukee band to take down its Web site and pay unspecified damages for recording songs like "Leper Madonna" and "Got to Get You Trapped Under Ice".
But on February 24, Beatallica received a letter from Sony/ATV Music Publishing demanding that the band take down its Web site and pay Sony "an amount to be discussed."
I'm beginning to think that the best idea would be to get rid of the music industry altogether. It's doing way more harm than good. Or the arists should finally get up and tell the industry to quit bullying and sueing their fans.