Song Sites Face Legal Crackdown 537
CaptainPotato writes "According to the BBC, the Music Publishers' Association is stepping up to launch the next phase in the music industry's battle against online music. The MPA is demanding jail time for the maintainers of websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics. The MPA President has stated that closing websites and imposing fines is not enough, stating that by 'throw [ing]in some jail time I think we'll be a little more effective' in its crusade." We just recently reported on the pearLyrics cease-and-desist order as well.
When lyrics are outlawed... (Score:1, Funny)
One question: (Score:4, Funny)
Anyone?
Bueller?
Didn't think so.
Lawsuits ad nauseum (Score:4, Funny)
Reminds me of that South Park episode, "Now Britney wont be able to buy her third caribbean island, all because of you evil children and your selfish downloading of music!"
I am absolutely certain there is a special ring of hell reserved for these RIAA goons and their SCO-like tactics.
That's stupid (Score:5, Funny)
hmm.. (Score:2, Funny)
Lyrics needed for Beach Boys "Goodbye Raisins" (Score:4, Funny)
Damn it that's not good enough (Score:5, Funny)
Why didn't he just come out and say what he really wanted to say:
"Just prison time! That's not enough! These low life scum deserve nothing more than to be stoned to death (women aren't allowed to partake in the stoning, of course). They have stolen food from the mouths of hungry little children and strangled kittens. Well they would strangle kittens if they could. There probably terrorists as well you know!"
Will common sense ever return to the world? I think not with people like this running things.
Re:Lawsuits ad nauseum (Score:5, Funny)
It spins them right round, baby, right round, like a record, baby, right round, round, round.
Aaaahhhhh! Illegal lyrics, Slashdot is doomed!
This post is the end of Slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
Is this the real life- Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see-
I'm just a poor boy,i need no sympathy-
Because I'm easy come,easy go,
A little high,little low,
Anyway the wind blows,doesn't really matter to me,
To me
Mama,just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger,now he's dead,
Mama,life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away-
Mama ooo,
Didn't mean to make you cry-
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow-
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters-
Too late,my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine-
Body's aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody-I've got to go-
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)
I don't want to die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all-
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango-
Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me-
Galileo,galileo,
Galileo galileo
Galileo figaro-magnifico-
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me-
He's just a poor boy from a poor family-
Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
Easy come easy go-,will you let me go-
Bismillah! no-,we will not let you go-let him go-
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no-
Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go-
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me-
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye-
So you think you can love me and leave me to die-
Oh baby-can't do this to me baby-
Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here-
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me,
Any way the wind blows....
Make Room (Score:5, Funny)
The MPA is demanding jail time for the maintainers of websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics.
Time to let all the copyright honoring murderers out of jail to make room. After all, the people they killed probably illegally downloaded music!
Society knows who the "real criminals" are.
Don't Sue my Brain (Score:3, Funny)
This reminds me (Score:3, Funny)
"Remember, you shouldn't wistle the tunes you hear on the radio because it breaks the author's copyright. Wistling is killing the music industry!"
Re:Lawsuits ad nauseum (Score:5, Funny)
I hope so, because if they get their way then that will be the only way future listeners of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" will have of finding out whether Bealzebub really does have a devil for a sideboard...
Re:One question: (Score:5, Funny)
Illegal - Daft Punk 'Around The World' Lyrics (Score:5, Funny)
for(i=0;i<143;i++)
{
printf("Around the World\r\n");
}
Jolyon
Am I an illegal now?
Oh sure it's no big deal to you. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One question: (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly this move is going to enhance my enjoyment of music, and make me want to buy more.
Re:Man..... (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, the Recording Industry A**holes of America have struck gold this time! Do you have any idea how many times I have grown to hate a perfectly good song because some tone deaf moron could just look up the lyrics and try to imitate Brittney Spears? I can't tell you how much it grates my nerves to hear the greatest songs of our generation being brutalized by people just because they know the words!
Now, the RIAA can keep everyone in the dark so everyone can just sit and listen peacefully without being forced to endure someone's immitation of scratching their nails across a chalkboard. An experience that would otherwise be followed by them asking you if they should go on American Idol. Next, artists will be sued for publishing their lyrics as well so there will be no distractions between their corporate mind sex attempting to portray society/culture and my ears.
Oh happy days!
Re:Maybe I listen to too much rap but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Those of us that play by ear are next. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Man..... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:One question: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Man..... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Man..... (Score:5, Funny)
My highschool made me BRAKE THE LAW!
I guess they didn't realize what was at steak..
Re:Man..... (Score:3, Funny)
All new releases are simply "BEEEEEP" for 74 minutes, censoring the lyrics and music so nobody can copy the artist's, er, record company's intellectual property in any way, shape or form.
RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43029/ [theonion.com] RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
LOS ANGELES--The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material," a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. "We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating 'buzz' about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves." RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth "favorites-sharing" sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.
Re:It won't be enough... (Score:5, Funny)
It was a goth porn site. The main page was some chick with her tits out, nothing more than he'd seen on national geographic, but it made him really mad for some reason.
It made me mad to. It is now some business. No goth tits. Thanks for nothing dirtbag.
Re:Illegal - Daft Punk 'Around The World' Lyrics (Score:3, Funny)
Jolyon
Re:One question: (Score:3, Funny)
The level of remorse I am feeling cannot be described with words. Jail time isn't what I deserve, I should probably just be shot or forced into indentured servitude or slavery. That would put a stop to my larcenous behavior.