DIAL 911, 999 OR WHATEVER (another update)
Looks like the bastards finally go to poor Ed. Click here.
Since the last posting, I've been gobsmacked by a few things. For one, there is some evidence that small-minded petty people are quite as adept as using DMCA notices as major labels - Simon from The Songs That People Sing has lost some posts related to records that have long been out-of-print or unavailable, and that are totally unrelated to any existing record label, removed under a DMCA, leading him to conclude it may be some other blogger or collector looking on with envy that forced the takedown (remember, the request under DMCA will be enacted upon by Blogger regardless of who asks for it or the merit of the case....).
Click here for Simon's tale.
And Bitter Andrew, who recently changed the style, lay-out and modus operandi of Armagideon Time (ie no more mp3s) let me know of the contents of this e-mail :-
'Hi guys, the marketing team at Columbia Records just wanted to update our contacts. We don't have a telephone number for you guys and your blog looks great. Who would we contact for press, and what address would we use to post you promo CDs?'
Oh that would be the Columbia Records to who Glasvegas are signed and who were the first to hound poor Ed, wouldn't it?
Bitter Andrew resisted sending the following reply, but I'll share it with you:-
"I live inside your colon, so if you shove the promos up your ass, I'll be sure to receive them."
Here's a little ditty to anyone who ever even dreamed of asking for a DMCA notice on an mp3 blogger doing it all for the love of music:-
mp3 : Mindless Drug Hoover - Fuck Off
Happy Listening.
4 comments:
*bitter laughter from Edinburgh* this is ridiculous. A classic case of the right hand not talking to the left hand. They want us to help sell music, but only on their own terms. Very grateful for the support I have had, just feel absolutely run down by it all.
Glad Andrew told them to shove it up their arse.
Ed
http://whothehell.net/archives/1982
it's everywhere
I know how many people will be spending their xmas vacation, ugh
xoxo
Tart
It does make you wonder if you want to carry on. At least for five minutes.
You do feel an ownership to your site though don't you, it's hard to see it disappearing before your eyes, like that picture of Marty McFly's family in Back To The Future.
Still, it's Christmas. Traditionally a time in my house to bury my head for a week or two and regroup afterwards.
My initial reaction was to fire off a response of "F--- You," bolded and 40 point.
The last laugh will be on the recording industry.
The torrents of leaked material are coming through unimpeded even as they crack down on those amateur enthusiast who are spreading the good word on behalf of their artists.
They have fumbled the ball since the advent of mp3 files, and seem incapable of coming to grips with the paradigm shift.
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