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Posted by: admin | 12/12/2005 at 17:22
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Sydney Morning Herald says that "International music companies are shifting their gaze beyond illegal file sharing and into the realm of unlicensed music lyrics and scores published online"
The US Music Publishers' Association (MPA) said that they would take strong action against offenders involved in the publication of copyright lyrics, scores or guitar tabs, according to a BBC report.
MPA also says that they doesn't just want to close sites, but would push for jail terms for offenders.
This means that The BAD RELIGION Page, along with all other fan sites, might have to remove all lyrics and tabs. The BAD RELIGION Page will do everything we can to have lyrics and tabs avalible for all Bad Religion fans! We have no idea today if this is a threat against our site or not. We'll have more information as soon as we know anything more.
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The US Music Publishers' Association (MPA) said that they would take strong action against offenders involved in the publication of copyright lyrics, scores or guitar tabs, according to a BBC report.
MPA also says that they doesn't just want to close sites, but would push for jail terms for offenders.
This means that The BAD RELIGION Page, along with all other fan sites, might have to remove all lyrics and tabs. The BAD RELIGION Page will do everything we can to have lyrics and tabs avalible for all Bad Religion fans! We have no idea today if this is a threat against our site or not. We'll have more information as soon as we know anything more.
Read more here
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12/21/2005 at 08:53
Don't worry about it. They're only referring to tabs that are published in books and then posted for free on the internet. Any tablature that people do privately in their own spare time and post on the internet for free is totally legal, and as far as I know, there aren't any BR tab books out there, so we're a-okay.
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12/16/2005 at 21:25
If this ever happens, I promise to start an underground old fashioned dial-up BBS. We can post Bad Religion lyrics and tabs along with The_anarchist_cookbook-by_the_Jolly_Roger.txt and kiddy porn.
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12/15/2005 at 16:28
BR should allow this site to include them... otherwise they'd be just full of s*
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12/14/2005 at 04:46
surely bad religion will make sure their best fansite will be able to reserve this RIGHT.
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12/13/2005 at 08:23
i think the government has No Control over what we put up on the net
isn't this sites server based in like sweden anyways? poor lyrics page though, i'd hate to Watch it die. Well most of us who support bad religion have the CD booklets with the lyrics in them, but i like the internet for quick reference. Booklets are fine, but soon, that'll be All there is. we seriously need to save the lyrics though, i a zip file, like that one dude suggested. Operation Rescue the lyrics! Don't let BR's words go the way of the Dodo! |
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12/13/2005 at 06:01
Pretty sure if you put up one of those "this is purely for educational purpose" labels you wouldn't have a problem. But I really don't know how that works. Just an assumption.
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12/13/2005 at 02:50
Surely BR.com could just post lyrics, swiped from this site.
Also, we need to remember this is legislation that will probably never have any impact on us. Not having lyrics available online? Bullshit. We'll be fine. The big concern will be whether or not the United Nations (those fucks) decide to take over control over the internet. |
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12/13/2005 at 02:27
Pffft. I say do what you want on the internet, just dont do it around me.
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12/13/2005 at 01:55
the musicians of society will always have to suffer
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12/13/2005 at 01:49
Meh this is BS. But its true, What Can You Do?
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12/13/2005 at 00:59
i can understand them wanting to crack down on sharing lyrics, after hearing Shinedown doing a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd
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12/12/2005 at 23:27
And by the way , what are they trying to protect ? people using the same lyrics ? wow a person using the same lyrics as another band , now that would be something complelty pathethic, and people who use lyrics from other bands (except for covers) to make their "original" songs , well then i must say that person/band must go back to kindergarden and learn how to write their stuff... and its the same things with tabs.. int the end I must say that its pointless "banning"(yeah right, ill give em all i have if they can actualy stop it at 100%) lyrics and tabs because they are not protecting anything, maybe just keeping some wannabees that dont know how to wirte songs or lyrics who just copy other people's shit... oh wow im bored
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12/12/2005 at 21:29
with that, for just in case purposes, we put all tabs into a zip and let it circulate as br_bookreport.zip or br_pics.zip
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12/12/2005 at 21:27
eh its not so new news, bbc had an article about this first i beilieve a few days ago.
i really doubt this'll work too, although i could see it working for offline pirates making counterfiet score books, but online tabs? yeah fucking right. If they do get their way, screw em, that's why we have usernet, mailing lists, file sharing, gmail accounts. They're abosolutley retarded if they think people are going to give up a valuable source of learning music. |
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12/12/2005 at 20:57
Don't worry, epitaph is against that bullshit
that's why no CDs released on epitaph are protected by the RIAA. so technically you could illegally download bad religion music (except the atlantic years) with almost 0 chance of being sued. but why would you want to? however tabs are different, and we most definately want that shit free |
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12/12/2005 at 17:38
i've e-mailed graffin, but i'm not sure if he'll answer. i'm pretty sure epitaph are cool but as you say, atlantic can be a pain in the ass. well we'll see if i'll go to jail or not
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12/12/2005 at 17:34
Surely Epitaph would let you keep their ones, as it helps us build a community and understand their songs?
Atlantic might not be so kind.. But that's just an assumption. Oh, What Can You Do? |
