Kenny, Kenny, Kenny...
As usual you and other people just dont get it.
I was not debating the common good or bad of the situation.
I know the good and the bad.
The bottom line is:
Originally posted by me:
Any unauthorized duplication of a copywritten recording violates federal copyright law, and is subject to fines and/or imprisonment.
Therefore, unless Metropolitan gives you written permission, making a tape or cd for your friend is illegal!
So is downloading the song from bankrupt Napster and Kazaa!
Let’s just say
you write a song, and sell it to a record company who uses it for Johnny O to record a new song, you are supposed to get paid
every time they sell a copy of the song of a cd or tape with the song on it.
So
every time somebody burns the song you wrote onto cd, or copies it onto tape is one more time
you the songwriter, are not getting paid.
Same goes for the singer.
Every time somebody burns the song onto cd, or copies it onto tape is one more time the artist is not getting paid.
Originally posted by Kenny Guido:
Believe it or not, the sales of blank cds and cassettes go towards the record companies. I bet no one here knew that. a certain percentage goes right back to the big guy. Same thing with blank VHS & DVD's. at least the big names particapate (TDK, MAXELL, FUJI)
Artistik, Metropolitan, and Cutting… Do you really thing these small Freestyle labels see a dime from the sale of blank tapes or blank cd’s? Get a clue!
Like the Rhoq said…. you put Willie Valentin out of business.
You thieves!
In the new millennium, you bring new meaning to the song title “Thief Of Hearts” for sure!
Again this is
not a subject to debate.
Like I said I now the good and bad of the subject.
Song gets out there blah, blah, blah.
People get to here the song blah, blah, blah.
Originally posted by Kenny Guido:
ARE YOU GOING TO DROP THE DIME ON YOUR FRIEND FOR MAKING A COPY?
Maybe not.
But, I’ll tell you what.
Use one of my songs in a mix without permission and I’ll sue your ass!
