On Sat, 19 Mar 1994, Alan Michael Parry wrote:
quoted 2 lines Can some people in the know give us any information or advice on this?> Can some people in the know give us any information or advice on this?
> Im just curious to hear what all your thoughts are...thanks.
I have never been to the WWW site you mention (really, I've been meaning
to), but I can't see how a label can copyright its own discography.
Now, if you have sound bites and pictures there (and I assume you do),
that's another story entirely. While the label probably can't sue for the
pictures unless they own them, they can definitely sue over the music,
because labels generally have the exclusive right to distribution of the
music released on it, and you are violating that.
IMHO, what you ought to do is call up Rephlex and tell them that you've
set up this site and that they should check it out. Tell them that you
thought it was a good idea because it gives them free PR (and naturally,
you would like to see them get rich, so giving out sound bites and
discographies will entice people to buy, buy, buy!). Or something like
that. If they have any objections, you'll remove it.
Or, you could wait until someone from Rephlex finds out accidentally and
gets pissed off and threatens you with a lawsuit. Persoanlly, I
think you'd be better off asking for permission. I think the person from
that label in New York is stupid to turn down free worldwide PR, but I can
see where they might get upset that something like this was done behind
their backs.
- Adam J Weitzman
INDIVIDUAL, Inc.
weitzman@individual.com