I do the hard work of restoring the 1920s shellac in question, I post them for free, and someone takes them to sell on Amazon. Gotta love the Net sometimes. So far, a Google search is telling me nothing about the thieves, save that their releases (they seem to have a number of them) are available at CD Universe as well as Amazon.
Thanks, Sinetone AMR. I really appreciate it. If this were another blog doing this to me, I could make a "blog eat blog" pun. (The pun's probably been done.)
Ha! I just noticed that the cover art for this pirated collection (above) reads "Smith Sacred Singers." Anyway, I guess I'll have to take my post down, since these folks have copyrighted it.
Lee
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Lee - You could change the blog name to: Music You (Scumbags) Can Sell On Amazon.
Some people don't know right from wrong. Even worse are the people who do know right from wrong but don't care.
Here is a link to something interesting that happened to me on EBay. Someone used a photo of me from my web site as the illustration for a subliminal hypnosis CD! Their post began with warning about infringing on their copyright!
http://bit.ly/hsOirr
Keep up the good work!
Doug
This is just plain ridiculous. There has to be someone you can file a complaint with--this is theft, pure and simple. Two cases of it now, I see...
Sheesh!
Hi from Cy
The Lord works in mysterious ways, while we here on this wide path must watch for the thief in the night...both the masked and those with silver tongues....sorrow felt at your theft of time well spent in bringing to others for free....
Respect and God Bless
Cy at Pck
Digitizing public domain music might (possibly) mean you can copyright your material. You could probably contact Amazon and tell them you "have a good faith belief" the item infringes on your intellectual property.
Then again, your latest Lovable Burt download does include obviously copyrighted and not-in-public domain material by The Lettermen, Shani Wallis etc. etc. For which you might use the usual excuses we all know so well.
People ask all the time, "why do people commit so much piracy on the Net, why do they disrespect artists and record labels, why do they gleefully ignore copyright, and why do so many people taking the law into their own hands and making up their own rules to justify it all?" Answer: BECAUSE THEY CAN.
Far out. And why do self-important jerks post anonymous personal attacks in cyberspace? (See above)
It's amazing how religiously self-righteousness and anonymity work together on the Net.
Hi Lee,
I posted on Amazon - so did someone else. Check it out. As for infringement... (Anonymous) you, Lee are merely saving material that would probably, mostly, otherwise be lost (to most of us, anyway!) & not SELLING it & not presenting others' work as your own. I appreciate it very much & the information creates even more interest in source material, the writers, & various arrangements.
HVR
Helen (and Andrew)--
A thousand thanks! I appreciate the support very much.
Is nothing sacred???!!!
Seriously, though, I'd levy a complaint or two...
Maybe even masquerading as the copyright holder...?
Naw, that wouldn't be kosher... But neither is this kind of outright theft! And that's what it is! Not to mention deception, profiteering, and...
- B.(etter step off my soapbox!?)
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