(punkbands) Is Myspace Stealing Artists' Music? Billy Bragg certainly seems to think so. He's pulled his music off the site and below is an explanation posted on his official myspace page.
Someone who we work with was bright enough to read the small print of the MySpace terms and conditions and found that once an artist posts up any content (including songs), it then belongs to My Space (AKA Rupert Murdoch) and they can do what they want with it, throughout the world without paying the artist.[not exactly true, they can do what they want with it within the Myspace service, see the full story to read the "clause in question" which basically is a cover our ass legally clause not a license to steal. The person was "bright enough" to read the find print, just not understand it. The full story also have a comment from Myspace about this ludicrous controversy.]
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Posted by Massacre:
So how the **** are we gonna make are profiles better without songs huh? By placing picture of us picking our noise huh? It's not stealing! Goddamn who the F.U.C.K. Makes these stupid news!?
Posted by rhonda:
FIRST OFF ARTIST THAT GET PISSED OFF DUE TO THIS NEEDS TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THIS... THIS GENERATION ALONG WITH US OLD TIMERS POST A SONG ON OUR PAGE --- HELLO THIS IS ADVERTISMENT FOR THAT ARTIST, EXAMPLE: I HAVE HEARD SONGS ON OTHER PEOPLES PROFILE SOME OF WHICH I ALREADY NEW THE BAND BUT IT HAD BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HEARD ANY OF THEIR MUSIC I FORGOT THAT THEY WAS EVEN AROUND, AND SOME SONGS I'VE HEARD ON PROFILES I HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE BAND BUT LIKED THE MUSIC WHICH IN RETURN MADE ME GO OUT AND BY THE CD'S OF NEW AND OLDER BANDS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS. SO EITHER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT WE MAY BE GETTING TO DOWNLOAD A SONG TO OUR PAGE FOR FREE BUT LOOK AT THE SALES IT GENERATES BY PEOPLE WHO THINK MAN I REALLY LIKE THAT, I'M GONNA GO BUY IT. I THINK ARTIST THAT ARE UPSET BY THIS NEEDS TO REMEMBER ONE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE... IF IT WAS NOT FOR THIER FANS THEY WOULD NOT BE MAKING THE MONEY THEY ARE AND ABLE TO AFFORD THE LIFESTYLE THAT THEY LIVE, WHICH ONLY MOST OF US CAN DREAM ABOUT. IN MY OPINION THIS IS WHATS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD AND IT'S CALLED GREED. SO REMEMBER WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS UPSETS YOUR PRIVELEDGED LIFE REMEMBER THE LESS FORTUNATE PEOPLE YOUR FANS... I HOPE THIS DOES NOT SOUND UGLY BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM, BECAUSE YOU WAS NOT ALWAYS RICH AND ONCE AGAIN WITHOUT YOUR FANS YOU COULD END UP RIGHT BACK AT THE BOTTOM WORKING A JOB THAT YOU HATE MAKING BLUE COLLAR WAGES LIKE THE REST OF US. YOU HAVE A GOD GIVEN TALENT THAT GOD GAVE YOU SO HAVE A HEART AND DO NOT LET GREED CONSUME YOUUR LIFE BECAUSE GOD GIVETH AND GOD CAN TAKE IT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOUR WONDERFUL CAREERS. SIGNED A FAN TO ALL AND A VICTIM OF ENRON AND A VICTIM OF GREEDY ENRON EXEC'S. SO PLEASE BELIEVE ME I KNOW WHAT GREED CAN DO TO A HARD WORKING PERSON'S LIFE.
Posted by 2raw:
Don't want it stolen, don't put it on the internet. People are gonna steal regardless
