Do music labels have Anti Social Behaviour?
3rd June 2004 by Simon
It transpires that two music labels are being taken to court by the London Borough of Camden, for fly-posting their bands. Camden claim that BMG & Sony are using this illegal form of promotion (and this is illegal, as in against the law, not as in it suits us to call it so) and in the process are saving spending an estimated £8.6m a year on advertising space. In fact it’s costing Camden council £0.25m a year to clear up the mess.
Peter Strange of Camden council sees hypocrisy in the music companies public messages, “The fact that this illegal activity is being carried out by major companies like Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd, with a stated commitment to “protecting and improving the environment”; to “preserve and enhance the environment”; and to “comply with environmental, safety and health laws and regulations” makes it even worse.
Alan Woods from the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign added: “There is a myth that struggling artists, political campaigns and local promoters do the most fly-posting. They don’t. It is large multinational record companies that smear these ads all over city centres and then leave us with the bill to clean them up.”
Camden are taking a novel approach to the problem by serving Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO) directly on the marketing executives from the two music companies. If the action is successful, the companies could be ordered by magistrates to stop fly-posting or face a prison term - of up to five years.
They are due to appear in Court 7 at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court, 51 Holloway Road, London, N7 8JA at 10:30 on 14 June. I’m not able to attend, but would love to hear from anyone who does.
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