Members BillyCorgan Posted July 24, 2008 Members Posted July 24, 2008 http://www.mp3va.com/release/115896/AllyriA/What%20You%27ve%20Been%20Searching%20For... Seriously wtf. We're not huge or anything but they wanna make money off of us? Is there anything we can do about this?
Members freetime Posted July 24, 2008 Members Posted July 24, 2008 Yep. Its illegal. Can I have my $.72 back btw? just kidding
Members BlueStrat Posted July 24, 2008 Members Posted July 24, 2008 Make another Smashing Pumpkins album, go on tour, and use the gazillion dollars you make to sue them.
Members slight-return Posted July 24, 2008 Members Posted July 24, 2008 gonna be a bit tough as they appear to be out of Russia (at least that server)
Members pop tarts Posted July 24, 2008 Members Posted July 24, 2008 send them an email and a letter telling them to cease and desist and asking for a couple dollars for every record they sold plus thousands in damages. it probably won't work, but they might stop.
Members Silent Heart Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 Ha ha. You know you've made it when you catch people stealing your stuff. Last I checked, it's legal in Russia due to the bizarrely lax copyright laws there. Supposedly they were going to change that as a condition of their entering the EU, but I don't know if it happened.
Members TheAxeMan Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 easy. make a website giving it out for free.
Members bdemon Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 If you've exhausted your options to no satisfaction you could start a campaign about how the "songs" you downloaded from their site were corrupt viruses that destroyed you and your friends' hard drives.
Members hubberjub Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 easy. make a website giving it out for free. Or start selling your CD for $ .71. That'll show them.
Members OnWingsOfLead Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 I'd feel honored. I wish people would try to steal my music
Members goodhonk Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 is it really illegal? their laws allow this.
Members bdemon Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 is it really illegal? their laws allow this. Well, yeah...so the site gets to profit off the band's music while the band doesn't? That's not law, that's bull. I understand the artist "compliment" in finding someone willing to steal your music, but come on...that's seriously flawed logic. Making music costs money, whether you're buying the gear or paying someone for their engineering skills. So an artist has the balls the take that risk and they should just suck up the theft because "it's art" and that's all that should matter? Maybe if they were producing and giving away for free, but no...that's lame.
Members Johnny-Boy Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 It looks like the "Cold War" all over again. Damn Ruskies! John:cool:
Members sonik Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 The activity of site Mp3va.com is carried out according to to the legislation of the license agreement N I-02/08 given by State Enterprise "Belarusan on Copyright and Related Rights" (BACRR). Service www.Mp3va.com pays full-scale author's royalties to owners of pieces of music, trade marks, names, slogans and other copyright objects used on the site. Or not...
Members bluesixstring Posted July 25, 2008 Members Posted July 25, 2008 I understand the artist "compliment" in finding someone willing to steal your music, but come on...that's seriously flawed logic. Nobody gets into the business to get poor. I totally agree. Since it's out of Russia and their laws protect this type of "distribution" I don't know that there's much you can do about it. Thing is, however, you should definetly demand a residual check for every download.
Members The Real MC Posted July 26, 2008 Members Posted July 26, 2008 The OP impersonates a celebrity then bitches about his band's album being sold without their authorization. FAIL
Members pipelineaudio Posted July 26, 2008 Members Posted July 26, 2008 If you've exhausted your options to no satisfaction you could start a campaign about how the "songs" you downloaded from their site were corrupt viruses that destroyed you and your friends' hard drives. I'm in
Members HackedByChinese! Posted July 26, 2008 Members Posted July 26, 2008 Unnecessary, especially considering that you're wrong on all accounts.
Members BlueStrat Posted July 26, 2008 Members Posted July 26, 2008 Well, yeah...so the site gets to profit off the band's music while the band doesn't? That's not law, that's bull.I understand the artist "compliment" in finding someone willing to steal your music, but come on...that's seriously flawed logic. Making music costs money, whether you're buying the gear or paying someone for their engineering skills. So an artist has the balls the take that risk and they should just suck up the theft because "it's art" and that's all that should matter? Maybe if they were producing and giving away for free, but no...that's lame. Well, shoot, maybe he should hire a lawyer. I'm sure he could collect.:poke:
Members Deeprig9 Posted July 26, 2008 Members Posted July 26, 2008 Jam as many retailers in America with your songs, so if someone googles your band, the russion site shows up last.
Members pjrake Posted July 28, 2008 Members Posted July 28, 2008 man, that sucks. i wish i had an answer. you guys sound real good too (listening to it as i'm writing); kinda up our alley. just keep selling your stuff at gigs, promote your site and iTunes and hope you get picked up. best of luck, bro, cause you guys are real good!!! -PJ
Members fuzzball Posted July 29, 2008 Members Posted July 29, 2008 Talk with a lawyer (with a specialization in that area), but I don't think it will be worth the cost (unless you sell a lot of CD's).
Members slight-return Posted July 29, 2008 Members Posted July 29, 2008 If you are looking for legal advice I'd suggest hitting up your state bar assoc to see if there is a lawyers for the arts program or organization (a lot of states have em) for some pro bono advice you might also want to try New York as that's the bar a lot of the Intl guys do hit em up here http://www.vlany.org/
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