On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Adam J Weitzman wrote:
quoted 4 lines Can someone please explain to me why UR and the other Detroit labels are> Can someone please explain to me why UR and the other Detroit labels are
> referring to this as a "copyright infringement?" In the US, at least,
> it is not infringement to cover a song, even without the permission of
> the song's originator.
I believe this refers to the initial round of promos
Sony Germany sent out, which carried no songwriting
credits. These were being sold at retail without
royalty compensation to the songwriters, which is,
as far as I know (IANAL) illegal, and is, in fact
(once again, IANAL) copyright infringement.
The substance of the post, though, is that there will
be a (hopefully) widely distributed, _legitimate_
(both legally and morally) CD release of the
_real_ "Knights of the Jaguar" single, along with
some additional big-name remixes on record
store shelves next to the piece of shit
BMG distributes. The reason I forwarded the
post along was so that consumers would be aware
of this and hopefully do the right thing when
they encounter the cheesy knockoff on the shelves
at their local shops.
-d.w.
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