“Soon Masel’s rivals appeared, and they acted in exactly the same way as himself. Once Masel became furious because so called «firms» «International Extra Records» and «National Records» faster than him issued piratical records that «Tonophone» was about to. Masel thrown on the floor the records that were brought into his office, trampled them down with his feet repeating «Crooks, bastards!». «Grammofonnij Mir» (The Gramophone World) magazine questioned: «For how long the government will tolerate stealing of the intellectual property by keeping pococurante silence?»”