we were told that someone at said supplier phoned one of the members of my team to day that their email system was completely down until further notice. That person didn't tell anyone else on the team, and today all that missed work has become very apparent.

Ministry of Sound sues Spotify for allowing users to 'copy' its compilation albums

Ministry of Sound is suing Spotify for copyright infringement because the streaming service has allegedly refused to delete users' playlists that "copy" the tracklistings of its compilation albums.

The dance label is seeking an injunction forcing Spotify to remove these playlists and block any future playlists that attempt to replicate the running order of Ministry of Sound compilations, according to proceedings launched in the UK High Court on Monday (September 2).

Ministry of Sound's chief executive Lohan Presencer told The Guardian: "It's been incredibly frustrating: we think it's been very clear what we're arguing, but there has been a brick wall from Spotify."

Spotify has the rights to stream all the tracks on the playlists that Presencer wants removed, but Ministry of Sound is making a legal argument that the running order of its compilation albums can be copyrighted because of the skill and expertise required to assemble them.

"What we do is a lot more than putting playlists together: a lot of research goes into creating our compilation albums, and the intellectual property involved in that. It's not appropriate for someone to just cut and paste them," said Presencer. "Everyone is talking about curation, but curation has been the cornerstone of our business for the last 20 years."

A representative confirmed that Spotify has received the lawsuit, The Guardian reports, but declined to make any further comment on the issue. Ministry of Sound released its first compilation album, 'The Annual', in 1995 and since then the label, which remains independent, has sold over 50 million albums and singles worldwide.

Ministry of Sound's chief executive Lohan Presencer told The Guardian: "It's been incredibly frustrating: we think it's been very clear what we're arguing, but there has been a brick wall from Spotify."

Sounds good! How was the match?

Did you wave at the puffins?

Heh, beat me to it.

It would have been awesome if archives unearthed the local TV equivilent of The Sopranoes, with local actors, writers and production staff somehow magically able to create a gripping novel for television. And then everyone forgot about it.

Maybe elk milk is not for you...

Ah, it's amazing how after a dull meeting where you got thrown a hospital pass in front of all the leading European execs, the entire day can be made better when one of your musical heroes inexplicably comments on your Facebook status about cricket.

Who was the hero?

People who favour trackballs are freaks.

Who was the hero?

Someone in your office gave me a new mouse.

Once you go track you never go back.

Man, even I can't get a new mouse out of our IT dude! How did you manage it?

My girlfriend's received her ballot paper in the post earlier. I do get interested that there's a country that still has such things as "politics" and "democracy", unlike this grim island nation we're all imprisoned on.

Did he steal anything?