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| From | Mike Vancha <mvancha@sk.sympatico.ca> |
| Subject | No need to register copyrights. |
| Date | Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:53:10 +0000 |
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> From: bob <segarini@sympatico.ca>
> Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 12:52:16 -0400
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Easiest way to copyright your music..
>
> In forty plus years of being a published songwriter I have never known of or
> experienced another writer stealing a song.
> Songwriters put a lot of work into what they do...the thought of stealing
> another person's work would rarely, if ever, occur to them.
> How many times has that actually happened? Not many...it's usually news when
> it does, and hardly anyone suing ever wins the court case.
> People that worry about being "ripped off", are either not songwriters, or
> have thought of stealing someone else's work themselves...otherwise, why
> would they even think that someone else would do it to them?
>
Hey Bob,
where did that fallacy about the likelihood of unknown writers getting
ripped off come from anyway? The chances are indeed very remote, it seems,
and usually it's the bands/songs with the greatest popularity that are
ripped off/borrowed from by someone just starting up.
Mike V.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lord Granger" <glowfriend2003@yahoo.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Easiest way to copyright your music..
>
>
>> Arthur Bang wrote:
>>
>>> I have a friend who wants to use
>>> one of my songs in a video he's
>>> doing and I hate for too many people
>>> to hear these, because someone might
>>> take it and record it for themselves
>>> and then I wouldn't get credit.
>>
>> Yes, Arthur, the world is FULL of songwriters just
>> waiting -- with fangs bared and claws out -- to rip
>> off your disjointed, fragmented, inconsequential song
>> ideas. Think of all the money, fame and cocaine other
>> artists will receive by stealing one of YOUR SONGS. It
>> happens all the time: in fact, I'm thinking of
>> stealing a Cliff Hillis song myself, just because
>> there's so much money to be made. ;)
>>
>> Come on, Arthur, what've you written, "Tommy"? "Split
>> Milk?" "Varying Degrees of Failure and Tunelessness"?
>>
>> I didn't think so.
>>
>> It's highly doubtful anyone will even ACKNOWLEDGE your
>> music, let alone 'take credit' for it. Don't be such a
>> pustule; put your music out there and let it stand on
>> its own -- or let it fall flat on its face. If you're
>> such an amazing writer, why worry about being ripped
>> off? You can always write another great song.
>>
>> Oh, try this:
>>
>> http://copyclear.com/copyright.shtml
>>
>> Reminds me of a story: I met a songwriter at a recent
>> local open-mic night up here on the Central Coast; I
>> struck up a conversation with the gal who said she'd
>> written some amazing songs. I asked where I could hear
>> her music, and she said, "Oh, no, I won't play my
>> music for ANYONE; someone will steal my ideas and take
>> credit for them."
>>
>> ROFLMAO.
>>
>> Songwriters: get a life ya'll. The industry -- and the
>> world, for that matter -- has rendered you obsolete.
>> Go learn code or something equally banal.
>>
>> The Lord has spoken.
>>
>> -LG-
>>
>> NP: The Golden Archies -- McRock
>>
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