On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Valentin Villenave
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, their financials are notoriously opaque, so I wouldn't be
> surprised if some money mysteriously gets lost in the process.

There is a hilarious video by a belgian satire program, where they
take on SABAM, the belgian society for collecting performance rights.

article

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gva.be%2Fnieuws%2Fmedia-en-cultuur%2Faid1011663%2Fbasta-sabam-maakt-facturen-voor-onbestaande-groepen.aspx&act=url

videos (dutch)
http://www.een.be/programmas/basta/sabam-en-de-makro-artiesten

Apparently, they have inspectors that actually go to people's houses
when there are personal parties.  They got back at them by organizing
performances by "Kimberly Clark" (paper towel dispenser) and "Kenwood"
(kitchen appliances).

Shortly thereafter, SABAM got sued.

-- 
Han-Wen Nienhuys - [email protected] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen

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