John wrote:
quoted 12 lines Adam,
> Adam,
>
> >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.
>
> That would seem to be the case, but sometimes it get's shady...
> take the techno version of O'Fortuna, they did it without Carl
> Off's estates' permission and lost the legal case to have the right
> 'to do a cover of it'.
I always thought that was because they sampled a gigantic chunk of someone else's
performance of it without permission. That's a different situation altogether.
quoted 9 lines Well from what limited understanding I have of the situation
> Well from what limited understanding I have of the situation
> garnered through various music email list I am on "blatant
> copyright infringement" is indeed correct because the it would
> seem that the people behind the 'cover' are not giving any
> credit to the original composer "DJ Rolando" on their version /
> product. This was apparently the case with the promos that
> Sony first sent out. It may or may not be the case with BMG
> version, but if it is then it definitely justifiable legal grounds to
> fight it.
Yeah, that was the explanation Dave Walker gave yesterday, which made much more
sense. Very little of what I have read about this so far has mentioned that fact,
though, so it seemed to me like they were confusing two issues. But I understand
now.
ObIDM: I got the ElPH 20' To 2000 CD a couple of days ago. Very spooky and
extremely cool. Coil are really coming out with some terrific stuff recently.
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