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Brooklyn indie eccentrics MGMT are seeking compensation from the French President for a copyright infringement. It’s alleged that Sarkozy’s UMP party repeatedly used MGMT’s popular song ‘Kids’ during their election advertisement campaign and at rallies without permission. UMP has admitted using the song and offered the band one euro as a symbolic gesture of apology; MGMT’s lawyer Isabelle Wekstein told the BBC, "This offer is disrespectful of the rights of artists and authors. It is insulting".
The alleged copyright infringement serves as an incongruous aide memoire that the UMP have been the front-runners in France’s debate about file-sharing, pushing for stronger laws to protect the copyright of artists. The icing on the cake? The controversy comes just weeks before a new anti-file-sharing bill is presented to the national assembly in France…oops!
Pippa Moore
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