Obviously a new Rammstein song called “Liebe ist für alle da” and a few promo pics have been leaked on the internet. It didn’t take a long time for fan forums, blogs and even news sites to report or discuss the new song.
But what did the management of Rammstein do? Of course they take action against all sites which host or present the song, but they also try to close down the discussion about the song on various fan forums and other sites by issuing out cease-and-desist orders. This led to the newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine to put an article reporting about this leak offline. This is something which cannot be tolerated and is a serious violation of the freedom of press and the freedom of opinion.
A quick search on youtube reveals that the leak cannot be stopped anymore, so the management should reconsider using that to their marketing advantage now.
And BTW, the management of Rammstein should really consider using an imprint on their recently registered website: www.liebeistfueralleda.de
More links reporting on this issue:
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Rammstein:_Neues_Lied_geistert_durchs_Netz%2C_16_Jul_2009
Tags: censorship, freedom of press, meinungsfreiheit, rammstein
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