In mouth organ news today a Japanese harmonica player has been nailed by the copyright hounds. A 73-year-old Japanese harmonica player arrested for the heinous crime of playing Beatles tunes.

Masami Toyoda of Tokyo's was nicked "on suspicion of violating the Copyright Law, police said,"

"He allegedly performed the songs on the harmonica with a female pianist at the bar he operated between August and September this year."

"Officials said the society sought a provisional injunction against Toyoda in 2001 because he had repeatedly performed copyrighted songs in the past without permission, and the Tokyo District Court granted the injunction," states the Mainichi Daily News, adding:

"The society filed a criminal complaint against him in September this year because he later kept playing copyrighted songs."