Big Cyc demands an apology from the television. TVP: reaction of the group "incomprehensible"

• The Big Cyc Group claims the apology of Polish television and the payment of a million PLN to the account of the Grand Christmas Charity Orchestra
• .The reason is to use a fragment of the song from the group titled "How nice is it to become a monster" in the program "In much much", aired on TVP Info
• The song was used under license, resulting from a general contract concluded between TVP and the ZAiKS Authors' Association
• that there has been a violation of property due to the manner of use, the context and the place. Krzysztof Lewandowski, director of ZAiKS

Public television convinces that she had no intention of offending anyone or taking control of someone else. Another, using the song Big Cyc in the program "In vision", given July 23 on TVP Info. "Telewizja Polska declares that the use of a fragment of the song" How sweet to be a freak "of Big Cyc took place under a license resulting from a general agreement concluded between Polish Television and the Association of Authors, ZAiKS, therefore, this use was not illegal "- pointed out in the statement, quoted in the article" Gazeta Wyborcza. "

– Due to the 39, art. 21 of the Copyright Act, there is a license for the sender – if he has a contract with a collective management organization, he is authorized to publish, publish a fragment of 39, a musical, verbal and musical work. The song is a verbal and musical song. TVP has such a general agreement. According to Krzysztof Lewandowski, managing director of the ZAiKS Authors' Association [Association des auteurs de ZAiKS]

television regularly pays a license fee, which allows it to use this work. However, the assessment of its use in a satire program, entertainment or propaganda is not so simple. Copyright is divided into property rights and personal rights. In terms of personal rights, feeling the nature of use – whether it is right or not – is quite subjective. It is only on the basis of the provisions of the whole Copyright Act that it can be evaluated, possibly in court. The author may think that in his opinion, there has been a violation of his property – because of the way to use, the context, the place. But if it really is, is evaluated in a particular case, can not be generalized – caution.

It was also noted that TV has fulfilled the obligations related to the application of the work, which is the basis for the payment of remuneration. "The use took place in a satirical program, which rules out its illegitimacy," note

"We would also like to remind you that in the past, when Mr. Skiba was the guest of the program" In the vision ", the pieces of Big Cyc they were used repeatedly for satirical content broadcast during the show, which did not provoke the recent, incomprehensible and unfounded reactions of the group –

The musicians of Big Cyc ask for an apology from TVP and a million zlotys on behalf of the great Christmas Helper Orchestra. "There is not and will never be willing to use our work in propaganda material, serving of law and justice policy, "they wrote in a statement posted on the group's official website, and the song was based on a reference to the words of Senate Speaker Stanisław Karczewski, who spoke "mons very much under the Sejm. "

– The song was used to make fun of opposition protests. We do not subscribe to PiS propaganda. He suffered our image, "Skiba said in an interview with Onet -" We do not support the destruction of the Polish courts We do not support the PiS policy We are known to participate in opposition protests, opposed to the policy of the current authorities (…) The use of our works, for example in the program TVP "What is the melody?" Is a music contest, anyone can do it. Another is the illegal use of our song in the propaganda material of television – he added