Genre Various Location Melbourne, Victoria | Country of origin Australia | |
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Distributor(s) Universal Music Australia Official website Liberation Music website Founded January 1991, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Parent organization Midnight Groove Multimedia Founders Michael Gudinski, Warren Costello, Morgan James Peters Artists The Temper Trap, Vance Joy, The Angels, Hunters & Collectors, Troy Cassar‑Daley Albums Thick as Thieves, dream your life away, The Temper Trap, The Rhythm and the B, Night Attack Profiles | ||
Liberation Music is an independent Australian record company, started in 1999 by Michael Gudinski and Warren Costello, based in Melbourne. Its stated aim is to find, nurture and then to develop new talent for a world market while remaining independent in the process.
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History
Following the 1998 sale of Gudinski's Mushroom Records to Festival Records, Liberation Music was formed to continue to satisfy Michael Gudinksi's desire to promote and develop Australian Music. Effective September 2008, Liberation is distributed by Universal Music Australia after leaving Warner Music Australia. Festival Mushroom Records is the affiliate for Warner Bros. Records and Warner Music Australia.
Liberation Records existed from 1985 onwards as the licensing arm of Mushroom for international artists.
On 22 August 2013, the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) filed suit against Liberation Music in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts for "misusing copyright law". The complaint related to repeated DMCA takedown requests, targeted at a lecture by Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig which was posted on YouTube. Lessig and the EFF brought the suit under the Fair Use clauses of US copyright law. EFF Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry said, "There's a long and sorry history of content owners abusing copyright to take down fair uses, but this one is particularly shocking. Based on nothing more than a few clips illustrating Internet creativity, Liberation Music took down an entire lecture by one of the leading experts in the world on copyright and fair use." The lawsuit was settled out of court, including an admission that Lessig has fair use.
Artists
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