hello, this is Nicola Battista of Kutmusic, an Italian company dealing mostly in electronic and dance music (plus some material in other styles) and also in music publishing. In the past one of my releases (Paco Dj "...Any Doubt Funk") was briefly spotted on a Russian site (soundbase.ru, I think). I know also of other independent artists (US artists The Bran Flakes, for example) that are on Russian sites without them even knowing that. In the past I have tried to contact ROMS and FAIR without success. I understand the Russian legal system is different from other countries, but what I mean is: the sites are doing nothing to help us collect any eventual royalties. Just pointing to a link is nothing: where are forms to join these supposed societies called ROMS and FAIR? How do they pay us? And would artists trust giving them bank data or home/business addresses to get paid, if they keep behaving like they are just part of a large scam conducted thanks to a loophole in the Copyright Law of the Russian Federation? Today an Italian independent artist left me a message on my blog www.musicblob.it stating he also appeared on a Russian site and he has no idea about how is stuff ended there. I would like to know if anyone at linux.org.ru has any serious idea about how to solve this problem...
thanks, Nicola Battista www.kutmusic.com
