Radiohead: From celebration to scandal

Radiohead returned to the music scene after five years of absence, generated thousands of followers of the original group of Abingdon, high expectations. With A Moon Shaped Pool, successor album The King of Limbs, the band sum and nine record productions and with them 31 years of successful musical career.

However, less than a month after the release of the new album, the conclusion seems to be tarnished by scandals in public opinion. Family Gordon Murray, British television producer and creator of the popular children 's program called Trumpton England, accused the band for copyright infringement in the music video Burn the Witch, promotional single from the latest album.

It was in 1966 when Murray created this animated series that would quickly become a trilogy entitled Trumptonshire. In it, the producer innovated using the technique of stop motion animation with puppets who live in a fictional county consists of three communities.

While it was announced that the music video pays open homage to the aforementioned television series, the son of Murray, William Mollett, in an interview with the British newspaper The Daily Mail, stated: "Radiohead had to request our consent as we consider this a loss of luster to the brand. It is a violation of copyright and are deciding what to do next. "

When asked if the respondent his father and creator of the famous show aired by the BBC during the decade of the 60's, had seen the audiovisual Burn the Witch, he assured that his family has refused to show it , but it certainly I would be absolutely "appalled".

Then the video accused of plagiarism: