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Just came across this.
A fairly large metal band called Arch Enemy (now retitled art enemy by many) has caused a big copyright row after banning a photographer from all their future shows and festival appearances after he requested a clothing brand remove his photo from thier advert.
Short version.
Press tog took a photo at a festival of thier performance and shared it on his instagram
A clothing company who sponsors the lead singer of the band, used said photo on thier Instagram as an advert for thier store.
Press tog contacted them asking to either remove the advert, or donate €100 to a Dutch charity for its use
The manager of the band contacted the press tog and told him to back down and banned him from all thier shows and also sent his name to all promotors and booking agents thereby trying to destroy his business. She also did this in a very catty, nasty way, not business like at all.
What they didn’t know is he is actually an attorney and they’ve created a massive backlash in the metal community. Their fans are pretty much abandoning them and I imagine pirate downloads of thier works has increased dramatically. Thier Facebook is being bombarded with negative comments, thier YouTube comments sections have all been closed and the band members personal social media accounts are all under attack from angry people.
Here is a video explaining all from the photographer in question.
View: https://youtu.be/iW1TRQeo7gk
I’ve personally never liked the band and always thought the current singer and the manager (who was the ex singer) were arrogant nasty priced of work. Seems that was justified as it was those two behind this whole thing. They’ve had ample opportunities to make things right, but they’ve stuck with it and are happy that the photographer hasn’t been paid.
What’s ironic is the band and in particular the singer are ardent supporters of Anti piracy campaigns and have posted many times about how artists deserve to be paid for thier work. I guess just not photographers.
A fairly large metal band called Arch Enemy (now retitled art enemy by many) has caused a big copyright row after banning a photographer from all their future shows and festival appearances after he requested a clothing brand remove his photo from thier advert.
Short version.
Press tog took a photo at a festival of thier performance and shared it on his instagram
A clothing company who sponsors the lead singer of the band, used said photo on thier Instagram as an advert for thier store.
Press tog contacted them asking to either remove the advert, or donate €100 to a Dutch charity for its use
The manager of the band contacted the press tog and told him to back down and banned him from all thier shows and also sent his name to all promotors and booking agents thereby trying to destroy his business. She also did this in a very catty, nasty way, not business like at all.
What they didn’t know is he is actually an attorney and they’ve created a massive backlash in the metal community. Their fans are pretty much abandoning them and I imagine pirate downloads of thier works has increased dramatically. Thier Facebook is being bombarded with negative comments, thier YouTube comments sections have all been closed and the band members personal social media accounts are all under attack from angry people.
Here is a video explaining all from the photographer in question.
I’ve personally never liked the band and always thought the current singer and the manager (who was the ex singer) were arrogant nasty priced of work. Seems that was justified as it was those two behind this whole thing. They’ve had ample opportunities to make things right, but they’ve stuck with it and are happy that the photographer hasn’t been paid.
What’s ironic is the band and in particular the singer are ardent supporters of Anti piracy campaigns and have posted many times about how artists deserve to be paid for thier work. I guess just not photographers.