Belarus state TV propaganda film taken off Youtube over copyright infringement


At the request of musicians, YouTube has already removed the “White Legion Black Souls” film from the Belarusian state TV Youtube channel.

On April 12th, the Belarusian Tv channel broadcast the film “White Legion of Black Souls”, which used a piece of music without the copyright owner’s permission.

This is the ‘Sparrow’ tune by ‘Irdorath’.

“Our music is not for propaganda”

The copyright of the tune belongs to Nadzeia, a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. It was her who filed a complaint with the Youtube administrator.

This is what Uladzimir, one of the band founders, told Radio “Liberty”.

“We have never associated our music with politics, and especially with state promotion, the musician said. — We would never subscrive under such video product. This film was made after certain events. Our music should not be played there, and our name should not be there”.

Musicians have no plans to sue the state TV channel.

It was not the first time that the state TV channel (BT) stole the works of art. A year ago, the TV channel showed in one of his stories two pictures of the northern lights, phtographed by Anton Matolka. The channel did not turn to the photographer for permission, it did not sign the photos and did not pay the royalties. Later, it refused to sign a reconciliation document with the photographer.

 

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