Some of the more eagle-eyed among you might have noticed that last Saturday's posting, which was the third in the occasional series that highlighted some Skeletons In My Closet, is no longer anywhere to be found. Here's why......Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog infringes upon the copyrights of others. The URL(s) of the allegedly infringing post(s) may be found at the end of this message.
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So if you're a fan of Elton John, dont expect to find too many bloggers talking about him......
Unhappy reading.
19 comments:
shame - a lot of it about... but the hounders seem somehow able to miss the very many full-album & new release blogs; even those on easy targets like blogger - I don't get it. Presumably they're using dumb-ass software to search for keywords rather than taking a big pic look at it.
Mind you, I 'spect the torrent side makes blog postings look teensy; hmm, and then there's all the Russian 'legal' sites that some ppl use cuz "it's not stealing' even though near-zero reaches the artist - hey ho.
Cool blog - thanks.
The internet police seem to doing their ram-raid campaign again - I've noticed several blogs getting another wallop. I'm sure to get a second whack at some point..
I've had two takedowns in the past week. One Aretha Franklin tune and one random old soul tune, that was on one of my Sunday postings. That was a weird one, cos it was on a post with about 7 other tracks and they all still remain with my file host but the one random one is gone. And I can't for the life of me work out why that particular tune went. Never mind.
Hey Villain - excuse the cod Latin but... ne te confundum illegitimi !
Fuck him - he's a gobshite anyway. He's probably waiting for Jade goody to die to rehash 'Candle in the Wind' again.
Herbal T
(How odd - my word verification was 'shite')
Great Blog.
Nice to find you.
awww JC have they got you at last!? tut tut and for that old wanker's work too! well i'm still waiting to get "noticed" i feel it's a kind of sign of popularity, pffft! come on over to wordpress, i'll help ya move xoxox
It's all getting more difficult.
I'm running out of words for this issue - I feel like all I can do is repeat my arguments until I'm blue in the face. Artists as big as Elton John and Prince frankly don't deserve a place in the music blogosphere - their attack on blogs via this IFPI organization or bodies like it merely proves they're irrelevant dinosaurs. I'm sorry to hear about this.
Sorry to hear about this JC. the bad feeling that can be caused by artist's and this evil act is unbelievable. Don;t let the bastards grind you down.
I'd like to know if there's a way to DMCA-proof our blogs. Some people have been known to post mp3s in the comments sections. Maybe it's time to get more militant...
They got me too. Deleted The The's Uncertain Smile 12-inch (from April 2007) and suspended my Fileden account.
I had a Sam Phillips song taken down, too, and received the same email. If you check Chilling Effects, don't expect to find anything related to your takedown anytime soon.
Wankers.
"And you can tell everybody, this is THEIR song".
The fucking The. What has Matt Johnson come to ? Was he not the enemy of global capitalism when I was young and impressionable. If you're out there, you should be ashamed.
Elton also. For all his pish records, at least the man seems to genuinely enjoy music of varying genres. Shame that he isn't prepared to encourage people to hear stuff that otherwise they would have no access to. How many indie kids give the Queen E a chance? You never know - a million OJ fans converted.
I missed the post in question so what could it be ? Knowing you, I'm assuming some taste so I won't suggest Nikita. Saturday Night's Alright..., Bitch is Back and Bennie and the Jets must be in with a shout. Everyone loves Tiny Dancer. Ghetto Gospel with 2pac won't count. Hmmm. Surely not the Brick Road. I'm off to play some Rod Stewart and study my Elton collection....... "Oh yeah. In these days of changing ways, so called liberated days, a story comes to mind, a friend of mine......."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9753530-7.html
Thanks everyone...especially you Sir Elton for sharing your thoughts with us. It all makes perfect sense now....
Like JtK, I'm astonished by the fact that The The have been caught up in this - Mick, if you still have a copy of that notice, why not drop Mr Johnston a note and see if he's anything to say....
http://www.myspace.com/thethe
And I'm thinking that Santa might bring Uncertain Smile to folk on 25December......
Good Grief! What a curmudgeon.
I did manage to get it while it was up, but don't feel particulaly inclined to listen to it now, in case I should inadvertantly encourage anyone else to give EJ a go. He would hate that, obviously.
I knew that no good would come of posting Elton John.
Drew
Of course I have no way of knowing but my gut instinct is that Matt Johnson is not directly involved with my takedown. What they dont realise is I still have the b-sides here and the Fileden links work even though my account is suspended.
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