Prince and his copyright craziness

[RealityChuck]

@Sunspace

Gfactor, I went through some of your links and rapidly developed a headache. The Creative Commons people should be promoting the heck out of their system by pointing to the traditional licensing regime and saying how difficult to use it really is.

And, of course, under creative commons, the artists don’t get paid at all.

Good luck gettting them to agree to that.

[The_Man_In_Black]

I wonder if this girl paid the royalties.

Abby sings "Independence Day" by Martina McBride

So, this is actually a crime?

[FatBaldGuy]

@Otto

Bear in mind also that FatBaldGuy has something of a history of providing incorrect legal information.

Wow, I got pitted four years ago, and I just now found out about it. Sorry, Otto, if I gave out incorrect information.

[DadWagonDriver]

Wait, how does this apply to karaoke? Do bars that have karaoke have to pay ASCAP?

[Gfactor]

@wmulax93

Wait, how does this apply to karaoke? Do bars that have karaoke have to pay ASCAP?

Yes: http://media.www.easttennessean.com/media/storage/paper203/news/2005/01/31/News/Karaoke.Bars.Face.Copyright.Infringement.Lawsuits-847175.shtml

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