Re: FLASH: x-mas song copyright INFO

[Erik [gearik] Mattheis]

Make it a parody somehow, and you're most likely OK. Parodies fall 

within "fair use" and if the copyright owner tries to mess with you, 

the free publicity may be more than worth the hassle.


A band on my label has been trying to get sued for copyright 

infringement for nine years to no avail ... releasing recordings of 

Beatles songs and sending them directly to the King of Pop with a 

note, ".. and we don't intend to pay you!" ... etc etc ...


Some examples of their "parodies" and "appropriation" are at their 

never-yet-finished-for-well-over-a-year Flash site 

http://stardusters.com/


(Warning: the site itself is tame, but some people will find most 

songs lewd and offensive)



>

>On a personal note, because of the Harry Fox and his cronies, I closed down my

>midi site due to their crusades.  A fellow midi person was shut down 

>by the FBI

>and slapped with over a million dollar legal suit - it was based on how many

>hits she had to her web site, and how many people heard the midis - each time

>someone played a midi file, it counted as a performance that she had to pay

>royalties on..

>

>Don't mess around with copyrighted music on the web.  These days, 

>the sharks are

>looking to set precedents and make examples of people...



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