I don't know if anyone's listening, but this is something I feel really strongly about and so should
anyone who cares about music. Please sign it- it literally takes 10 seconds.
An independent British record label, Flowerburger Records, launched this week with a petition damning the
music industry for suing people who download music illegally.
Flowerburger Records’ founder Chris Thomas, a long-standing music industry account whose clients include
Charlotte Church and Nick Cave, is one of a growing number of senior figures outraged by the industry’s stance.
The online petition has been launched to coincide with a report due to be published in April by an all-party
parliamentary group looking to establish how consumers, artists and distribution companies should be protected in a continually
evolving market place.
“I would bet my house on the fact that every single music executive arguing in favour
of suing music fans has a computer full of music they didn’t pay for,” says Chris. “This hypocrisy simply
has to stop.”
“We must make it clear to the British parliament and the music industry across the
world that we will not stand for this heavy-handed solution to the problem of illegal downloading, and I invite everyone who
feels the same way as us to sign our petition.”
Flowerburger Records is also planning to offer financial aid to people who are being sued by the music industry,
and invites anybody who is being sued or knows somebody who is being sued to get in touch.
