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AZERBAIJAN TAKES AIM AT GOOGOOSH
EurasiaNet.org
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65833
Aug 28 2012
NY
August 28, 2012 - 1:02pm, by Giorgi Lomsadze
Cantankerous neighbors Iran and Azerbaijan are at a stage when
nitpicking is a gratifying exercise and even a song blasting in one
neighbor~Rs house can get the other nettled. Particularly when sung
in the language of an enemy.
And so, an online video featuring Middle East pop icon Googoosh
performing an Azeri song in Armenian did not escape the watchful eyes
of Azerbaijan~Rs state copyright agency.
The agency could not locate the domicile of Googoosh (not to be
confused with GooGoosha, Uzbek President Islam Karimov~Rs daughter and
Central Asia~Rs Madonna), who left Iran after a ban on female singers.
So, instead, the agency alerted YouTube and other video-sharing
websites about what it charged was an egregious breach of copyright,
Azerbaijani news agency APA reported.
~S[I]f you sing a song in another language, you should credit
the nation and the author, to which the song belongs,~T explained
Azerbaijani copyright officials.
Critic of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad though Googoosh may
be, an Azeri song sung in Armenian is never music to Azerbaijani ears;
especially if performed by an Iranian with Azeri roots.
The Azerbaijanis have long been vexed by Iran~Rs friendship with
their enemy, Armenia, and Azerbaijani and Iranian state-controlled
media both have an eye peeled for any misstep that can be associated
with the other side -- however remotely. Now, looks like Googoosh's
song has provided an unintentional musical score for the spat.
EurasiaNet.org
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65833
Aug 28 2012
NY
August 28, 2012 - 1:02pm, by Giorgi Lomsadze
Cantankerous neighbors Iran and Azerbaijan are at a stage when
nitpicking is a gratifying exercise and even a song blasting in one
neighbor~Rs house can get the other nettled. Particularly when sung
in the language of an enemy.
And so, an online video featuring Middle East pop icon Googoosh
performing an Azeri song in Armenian did not escape the watchful eyes
of Azerbaijan~Rs state copyright agency.
The agency could not locate the domicile of Googoosh (not to be
confused with GooGoosha, Uzbek President Islam Karimov~Rs daughter and
Central Asia~Rs Madonna), who left Iran after a ban on female singers.
So, instead, the agency alerted YouTube and other video-sharing
websites about what it charged was an egregious breach of copyright,
Azerbaijani news agency APA reported.
~S[I]f you sing a song in another language, you should credit
the nation and the author, to which the song belongs,~T explained
Azerbaijani copyright officials.
Critic of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad though Googoosh may
be, an Azeri song sung in Armenian is never music to Azerbaijani ears;
especially if performed by an Iranian with Azeri roots.
The Azerbaijanis have long been vexed by Iran~Rs friendship with
their enemy, Armenia, and Azerbaijani and Iranian state-controlled
media both have an eye peeled for any misstep that can be associated
with the other side -- however remotely. Now, looks like Googoosh's
song has provided an unintentional musical score for the spat.