Comments on: ‘Star Wars’ an A Cappella Tribute vs. Warner Music Group – the Saga Continues

By: Raven

Raven — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:45:34 +0000

To answer your question, Richard (“Was there actually copyrighted material on the video?”), yes there was copyrighted material in the video.

John Williams’ copyrights were infringed upon as were Warner Music Group’s copyrights to name but two copyright owners as copyright pertains to the video in question.

While Corey may have meant this as a tribute to John Williams, this does not absolve him of the duty to secure copyright clearance in order to legally distribute — or cause to be distributed on his behalf either directly or indirectly — the video in question.

My own teen creates a number of videos and those that are uploaded to YouTube are done so once he has written permission from ALL copyright owners (be it music, photographs, artwork, film, et al) to distribute his videos online and in real life in any medium that may be appropriate for his videos.

This is about respecting other people’s intellectual property and their rights.

Based on my own son’s success when asking for permission, I am willing to bet that had Corey requested permission from the various copyright owners, permission would have been granted.

By: Jakob

Jakob — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:53:18 +0000

Keep up the good work also..

By: Jakob

Jakob — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:52:09 +0000

Hmm… not much to say after your getting mad with WMG… well i do like your videos and loved them but don’t try and get your self arrested… Since that “4 minutes” annotation note… it’s great that you stand up for your stuff and all that but threatening WMG is not the best way.

By: video

video — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:47:28 +0000

I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my delicious. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:20:33 +0000

Was there actually copyrighted material on the video?

By: len bullard

len bullard — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:34:52 +0000

If technology drove the legal adoption because it can, mortars would be legal in Chicago. Production of music has been easy for thirty years. It is distribution that is changing.

You don’t get it. This isn’t about what is possible becoming real because it is possible, but the legal framework being legal because it is right. I’m the first to say the business minds have played this development badly but I also think that when a guy like Corey gets taken down and the mob fights back, they hasten the day when a similar mob will show up to take their silverware.

It isn’t complex. It is simply wrong.

By: M.J.

M.J. — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:19:46 +0000

That seems like a lot of negative publicity towards WMG. Not the best business plan if you ask me.