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AZERBAIJANI AND GEORGIAN WEBSITES APPROPRIATE CREATIONS OF ARMENIAN AUTHORS
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani, Georgian and some
Armenian websites, operating abroad, appropriated the 'Emotions' CD by
Karen Grigoryan, composer. 14 songs, performed by Armenian singers,
were involved in the CD. In the appropriated version 2-3 Armenian
songs were removed from the CD in order to hide the Armenian origin.
The right order of songs was not preserved as well.
Karen Grigoryan said today at a meeting with journalists that in the
Georgian version the information was valid and that they even placed
some information, which is not included in the CD.
'The most offensive thing was that the Azerbaijani websites presented
me as an Azerbaijani musician with an Azerbaijani name. I am Armenian
and I am proud of my nationality,' Karen Grigoryan said. He added that
he wrote a letter and 'the pirates' responded that 'the composer is
neither the first person, nor the last one and they will go on acting
the way they did'.
Karine Petrosyan, representative of 'Hayheghinak' NGO, said that the
rights of the composer toward his personal creations are reserved.
'The first production is made by the composer, but when the creations
become a public property, the composer cannot undertake any step
alone,' she said. She added that 'Hayheghinak' is not able to help the
author abroad. 'We cannot regulate the situation even in Armenia. How
can we do it in Azerbaijan?' she added.
Samvel Amirabyan, head of the 'Armenian Music Centre', said that
within a year they managed to close over 70 websites, operating in
various states of the world.
Aram Voskanyan, deputy chairman of the UN's Armenian Association,
spoke on the program of media literacy. 'The best means of struggling
against copyright violations is to secure the society with media
literacy. There is no any other state in the world, which has solved
such issues fully; however there are mechanisms, which appeared to
be successful. Such mechanisms are applied in European countries,'
he said.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani, Georgian and some
Armenian websites, operating abroad, appropriated the 'Emotions' CD by
Karen Grigoryan, composer. 14 songs, performed by Armenian singers,
were involved in the CD. In the appropriated version 2-3 Armenian
songs were removed from the CD in order to hide the Armenian origin.
The right order of songs was not preserved as well.
Karen Grigoryan said today at a meeting with journalists that in the
Georgian version the information was valid and that they even placed
some information, which is not included in the CD.
'The most offensive thing was that the Azerbaijani websites presented
me as an Azerbaijani musician with an Azerbaijani name. I am Armenian
and I am proud of my nationality,' Karen Grigoryan said. He added that
he wrote a letter and 'the pirates' responded that 'the composer is
neither the first person, nor the last one and they will go on acting
the way they did'.
Karine Petrosyan, representative of 'Hayheghinak' NGO, said that the
rights of the composer toward his personal creations are reserved.
'The first production is made by the composer, but when the creations
become a public property, the composer cannot undertake any step
alone,' she said. She added that 'Hayheghinak' is not able to help the
author abroad. 'We cannot regulate the situation even in Armenia. How
can we do it in Azerbaijan?' she added.
Samvel Amirabyan, head of the 'Armenian Music Centre', said that
within a year they managed to close over 70 websites, operating in
various states of the world.
Aram Voskanyan, deputy chairman of the UN's Armenian Association,
spoke on the program of media literacy. 'The best means of struggling
against copyright violations is to secure the society with media
literacy. There is no any other state in the world, which has solved
such issues fully; however there are mechanisms, which appeared to
be successful. Such mechanisms are applied in European countries,'
he said.
From: A. Papazian