[kj] (ot) Song sites face legal crackdown

[Christof hamille]

I am not entirely clear what they are going after.  In theory, if they are 
going after music download then this falls in line.  But, correct me if I am 
wrong, when yo buy sheet music you get a score of music with notes and 
lyrics.  Often they do not have tabs (for people who are unable or lazy, 
myself, to read muscial notes).

And this is where I get confused.  Aren't the majority of these sites just 
lyrics?  Or just tabs?  Rarely have I seen a sheet music site.  But then 
again I haven't looked much.

AND

If someone cannot read music then they will not be buying the sheet music.  
You do not see a deaf person buying a CD.

AND

Is the sheet buying industry down because of the internet?  And anymore so 
tehn any other type of media (newspapers, magazines, etc.)

How we consume information has been completely revolutionized by the 
internet.  More frivilous information can be obtained through the internet 
and not purchased.  And that is not absurd.  I have learned more about 
bands, culture, movies, etc BECAUSE of the internet.  I am not going to go 
out and buy anything for a minor curiousity (say for example about movie 
stars.  Why buy a $100 refernce book just to figure out who the extra was in 
Star Wars, I'll go to IMDB).

It just shows how desperate they are to hold onto their bloated system.  
They have been ripping off the public and their artists for decades and now 
they are being sent to task for it.

Chris


>From: Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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>To: "'Gathering'" <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: [kj] (ot) Song sites face legal crackdown Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 
>13:44:05 -0000
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4508158.stm
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>Did someone in the music industry sit down one day and think "just how can
>we look like a bigger bunch of wankers"?
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>Better take the KJ lyrics down . . .
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>Marc.
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