Thanks for such a quick response Raymond!
UPDATE:
My husband talked to Scott Shreer of Freeplay Music (he is much better
at remaining calm than I am!) and some good has come out of this.
Although we still are having to pay, it is only half. Another good
thing that came from it is that Scott w
Erin I also appreciated your posts about FreePlay. I honestly did not
know about this company.
One thing I want to pass on to you and others is what I learned at a
legal session at BlogHer. There is a web site called Chilling Effects
http://www.chillingeffects.org
This is a catalog of the ce
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Pat Cook (Jeeper One TV)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I ranted on this on my podcast earlier today (which BTW will NOT have
> the open & close I normally attach to each show) and an idea hit me
> that if they were to charge a ONE-TIME flat fee $5 (or wh
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Andreas Haugstrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 05:01:53 +0200, Pat Cook (Jeeper One TV)
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Leave it fuckin' AOL to take something like "Happy Birthday" and
> > copyright it for fuckin' profit (Sorry,
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 14:56:13 +0200, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you ever *bought* music, and by bought, I mean bought the full
> rights to any music to do as you please? Most times you are licensing
> it. CD's you buy at the store? You don't own those, you don't have the
>
where does it end?
will i eventually have to pay every time i remember a song?
generally the only things i have to pay for repeatedly are my mistakes
;-)
hmmm, maybe that means the buying commercial music is a mistake, hmmm
yesterday, I was unpacking some boxes and I ran into a classic CD
> yesterday, I was unpacking some boxes and I ran into a classic CD.
> I thought "Hey! I'd like to listen to this."
> Then it hit me: Why bother?
> The same amount of time would be better spent finding something new on the
> archive.
then i guess it wasn;t such a classic CD!!
i know wha
Lessig recently cited an experiment, i think in Wired mag, on how they
tried to legally publish on the net he and friends singing 'Happy
Birthday' to another friend. Quick conclusion- it cost almost
$1,000 *if* they were granted permission... which they were at first
but then they were denied t
Hi everyone:
At 10:42 AM 8/6/2005, you wrote:
Lessig recently cited an
experiment, i think in Wired mag, on how they tried to legally publish on
the net he and friends singing 'Happy Birthday' to another friend. Quick
conclusion- it cost almost $1,000 *if* they were granted permission...
which
On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:06:42 +0200, Pat Cook (Jeeper One TV)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah no sh*t. Who in the world has copyright over that title. :-(
AOL/Time Warner does:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.htm >
It's big bucks:
"According to David Sengstack, president of S
> happy birthday fuck you!
> Yeah no sh*t. Who in the world has copyright over that title. :-(
Here's the story of the happy birthday song:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.htm
Apparently it now brings in about 2 Million in annual royalties which
are split between AOL Time/Warne
Yes, but if you sing a variant on Happy Birthday-- ANY variant-- in
which you change the lyrics (except for celebrant's name) and/or tune,
then you have a good fight available.
Why? Because "Good Morning to You," which is a nearly identical tune
to Happy Birthday, is public domain (it is, in f
Hi everyone:
At 08:29 PM 8/6/2005, you wrote:
> happy birthday fuck
you!
> Yeah no sh*t. Who in the world has copyright over that title.
:-(
Here's the story of the happy birthday song:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.htm
Apparently it now brings in about 2 Million in annual roy
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 05:01:53 +0200, Pat Cook (Jeeper One TV)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Leave it fuckin' AOL to take something like "Happy Birthday" and
> copyright it for fuckin' profit (Sorry, I don't buy the so-called
> "private charity" bullshit). :-( :-( :-(
Would you relax. AOL d
To be fair, AOL didn't copyright it-- the original "authors"* owned
the copyright, which was eventually sold to Warner Bros. (I think).
It's conglomeratization that puts the property into the hands of
AOL-Time-Warner.
*not really sure how changing one word and doubling a note in each
line qual
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:07:20 +0200, Jack Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Good Morning to All was written in 1893. In 1935 the Hill sisters sued
> for copyright (42
> years after the fact and it is not even clear that they wrote the new
> words to the song
> (Happy Birthday to You). T
Andreas Haugstrup wrote:
>
> What's the
> incentive for creating works if you can't make money the one time in your
> life you create something really good?
What a question! The incentive for truly creative people to create
things is that they can't *not* create things!
I create things
Pete Prodoehl wrote:
>
> What a question! The incentive for truly creative people to create
> things is that they can't *not* create things!
>
> I create things because I enjoy creating things. It connects me with
> others. I get a good sense of satisfaction from the things I create. I
> can a
Clint Sharp wrote:
> Pete Prodoehl wrote:
>
>>What a question! The incentive for truly creative people to create
>>things is that they can't *not* create things!
>>
>>I create things because I enjoy creating things. It connects me with
>>others. I get a good sense of satisfaction from the thi
yes.. copyright can be a great and useful thing.. but..
What's the
incentive for creating works if you can't make money
erm.. how much time have you got?
so historically nobody felt like being creative in the world until society decided to give them money for it?
i don;t want to sound li
At 11:59 AM 8/8/2005, Clint Sharp wrote:
Pete Prodoehl
wrote:
>
> What a question! The incentive for truly creative people to
create
> things is that they can't *not* create
things!
Exactly Pete. And it the beauty is it *doesn't* have *anything
whatsoever* to do with $$$.
> I create things bec
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