![]() ![]() ![]() An album titled, The Complete Collection, offers 141 songs by Angham, basically her repertoire of songs, for a hefty $54.99. The Egyptian singer, Angham, is also being pirated, this time by Megastar. Even the album review is plagiarized from a review by John Storm Roberts, the world-music scholar. The album, which was never released by Fairuz or the Rahbani Brothers, sells for only US $6.99. The album review on iTunes is plagiarized from a review by John Storm Roberts.įor example, an unknown company called, Bringlns Music, is selling an oddly titled album, Exquisite Lady Fairuz that includes 16 Fairuz songs. Shady, so-called, label companies are selling music by Arab artists from the legendary Fairuz to Elissa, the best selling female artist in the Arab world, without any clear or declared consent from recording artists, composers, or copyright-holding companies. Searching for Arabic music on iTunes makes it clear that this policy is not enforced when it comes to sellers of Arabic music. Only that individual can accept the standard iTunes Store contract on iTunes Connect.” Apple also states that a contract is required and territory rights must be cleared before it is made available for sale. Arabic music is also sold on iTunes, but the amount of pirated songs available for download on Apple’s digital media store is staggering and raises a question of why the American company is turning a blind eye on this thievery.Īccording to the Apple website, “someone with signature authority should apply to sell music on the iTunes Store. In 2011, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, announced that 16 billion songs were downloaded from iTunes.
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