Ricardo. Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 http://tech.moneycontrol.com/news/riaa-sues-youtube-users/1526/india The RIAA is coming down on video uploaders; but not in the way you'd expect. Instead of pursuing those who've uploaded music videos (which admittedly, they may have done and the article decided to focus on the embarassing part) the RIAA is seeking damages from the large amount of people who upload videos of themselves dancing and lip syncing to popular music... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xplorer Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Crappy. How would this affect those who upload themselves wailing out cover tunes? What a horrible night to have a curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Without gettin political, it seems that the RIAA can write their own ticket at the moment. The org is a good idea, but I think they got offtrack somewhere down the line. My $.02 Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justus A. Picker Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Originally posted by Xplorer: Crappy. How would this affect those who upload themselves wailing out cover tunes? Technically you owe mechanical royalties (in the U.S. anyways) if you offer a cover for distribution. You don't have to be making money off of it, just distributing it. That can include e-mailing mp3's of a cover to friends, giving them cds or posting them on the web. The royalties for video are even more convoluted and expensive. http://www.smokedsalmonband.com/exile/exile1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gifthorse Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Thats pretty lame busting people for dancing over music.. You tube and or google are going to be gone soon enough, you can rest assured. At least where bands are concerned. I bet it is like Napster. I remember thinking Napster was AMAZING. But then tha7t went away. Then there was Kazaa, then the industry flooded it with viruses to kill it. It worked.. I quit using it. http://flagshipmile.dmusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/gifthorse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlyFoxx Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Would you scan every page of a new book, put up pdf files at "freenewbooks.com" ...and then expect to put up banner ads on the site....make money and not have the book publishing industry come down on you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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