Copyright Drama Prevents Artist From Sharing Music on MySpace

[nsane.forums]

In the early nineties Edwyn Collins scored a hit with “A Girl Like You,” but after 15 years he thought it would be a good idea to share the song for free on MySpace. However, this was easier said than done.

Although Collins owns the copyright to his own music, and all licensing deals for the track have expired, MySpace wouldn’t allow him to make the song available on his profile. Grace Maxwell, the manager and wife of Collins, wrote about the unpleasant surprise in a recent blog post.

“I was told Edwyn was attempting to breach a copyright and he was sent to the Orwellian MySpace copyright re-education page. Quite chilling, actually. I naturally blew my stack and wrote to MySpace on his behalf demanding to know who the hell was claiming copyright of Edwyn’s track?” she wrote.

Well, as it turns out, Warner Music were claiming the song as their own and MySpace bought into it without even checking. After she found out about this, Maxwell contacted one of Warner Music’s lawyers who promised to resolve the issue, but months have passed and MySpace is still not allowing the song to be uploaded.

“That is because MySpace are not equipped to deal with the notion that anyone other than a major can claim a copyright,” the manager writes, adding that the file-sharers are not the biggest ‘bootleggers’ – the record labels are.

Several big shot labels are still selling Collins’ track today even though their license to do so expired several years ago. This basically means that the labels are pirating his music, and making profit from these activities.

Trying to stop the labels is useless according to Collins’ manager. “Attempting to make them cease and desist would use up the rest of my life. Because this is what they do and what they’ve always done,” she writes.

There is still hope though, says Maxwell. Instead of abusing copyright for profit the music industry should work on new business models that allow fans to enjoy and discover unlimited music, while artists get their work heard by a larger audience.

“Now let’s get on with working out a wonderful new way for music lovers to enjoy music for free or for a small subscription that makes it legal and easy to hear ANYTHING and allows the artist to reap the rewards of such freedom of access. Viva la revolucion!”

In the meantime Collins can put the song on The Pirate Bay, isoHunt or Mininova and link to it on MySpace.

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[CODYQX4]

See, the industry are hypocrites!

We are losing freedoms in the name of copyright, we need to storm their offices and destroy them before they make all the world governments take our rights. I can't believe the crap they get away with, pirate, cut off people and ISP's, sue kids and dead people, control government, etc.

I wonder just how far they can influence the government and steal our rights before we either have to use violence or be enslaved.

It is obvious that companies rule the world, because the governments of most nations just bend over to the industry.

This is why I refuse to buy music, it funds these bastards so they can leech and sue us and lobby our governments.

Don't buy anymore music from anyone associated with the industry, the artisst don't get it anyway, the lawyers do.

PS: To anyone associated with the industry that read this post and wants to sue, I'll crap in your faces in court, I am crazy, mess with me and I will rip you apart.

Sorry for the rant, Nsane Forums, but these industry people deserve nothing less than public execution.

[myidisbb]

seems to me each cd sold times each song on the cd times $250,000 per is what should happen to the music companies

[CODYQX4]

seems to me each cd sold times each song on the cd times $250,000 per is what should happen to the music companies

Yes, they should have to pay the obscenely and ridiculously high "damages: that they make us pay.

No mp3, let alone all of them ever made, is worth a quarter million, yet they sue for that for sharing "10" like it is the ultimate sin and win, knowing the family will never have

that money and will be screwed generation to generation for eternity.

I wonder how much 300 mp3's are worth to them, if it is what I think, a trillion dollars.

The saddest thing is when I hear them do this, or bribe the government or break laws, run the court, etc. It doesn't suprise me, its business as usual.

I believe the media and insurance industries need eradicated, they are corrupt beyond comprehension, control government too much, and destroy everyone yet claim they help.

PS I mentioned insurance companies, because my dad has used every one and been ripped off by every one. One dropped him, because they know he was going to file a claim when a tree hit his house, and pretended he never got it, same scenario when some 16 year old girl hit his car with an F 250.

[Bizarre™]

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer :bag:

[CODYQX4]

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer

Which is why I made it my life goal to become as rich as possible !