Too much monkey business around town....stay tuned!
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Affected URLs:
http://matsuli.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-know-we-can-make-it-300-and-counting.html
16 comments:
We can only speculate as to who complained - oh dear oh dear
I did hesitate when mixing in new tracks from the likes of Gil Scott-Heron, Mulatu and Die Antwoord. Might even have been the boys at Strut who didn't take kindly to me dropping some of the singles from their new compilation due out fairly soon.
I'm going to rethink this site.....
What a shame. I have always thought that you have been scrupulous about pointing people to new and upcoming releases and have been equally careful to only post single tracks from records that are currently available. In this, your site has acted like a sampler album, offering visitors a chance to "try before you buy" rather than offering them entire CDs.
Why they have targeted you is a mystery when a huge number of sites upload entire new CDs within days of their release, not just from major labels but from small independents such as Strut and Analog Africa.
I suspect it's worldcircuit based on what Ngoni posted...let me verify
Well, this sucks. I don't generally post new, in-print stuff but have taken down files immediately when requested. If only World Circuit or whoever had asked you privately.
Wow! Sorry Matt, I can't see why your site would be targeted. Hope things work out for the best. keep us informed please.
Ken
sorry mate I'm afraid youve joined the rest of us , me included
the post in questioon for me didnt even have a dl link ????
I dont think they even checked , apparently a second complaint and blogger pulls entire blog so make sure you back up content
I am sorry Bro,
I had to switch to wordpress.com my account was closed by blogspot.com
encourage you, go ahead and do it if you want change! continue with us
Fabian-
Hang in there, Matt.... so many of these DMCA notices (recent) have been about music that actually *is* cleared by labels, artists, etc.
I think I'd be looking for other digs (not on Blogger) if I got a takedown notice. People are going beyond the point of absurdity these days per crying foul under the DMCA.
all best wishes to you!
Spinning
Looks like it was a blanket compliant sent from the UK:
http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=37609
Anyway whilst I enjoy the flexibility and functionality of blogger I will be changing platform shortly....
'Might even have been the boys at Strut who didn't take kindly to me dropping some of the singles from their new compilation due out fairly soon.'
Matt - i don't think so, and I'd be very surprised. best, Francis
What utterly sucks about this is that the alleged copyright infringement is not actually hosted on Blogger. All that is on Blogger are words describing some copyrighted material and a link to a file hosting service (well, not any longer) where the actual, or rather digital, material could be found. It's an infringement on your free speech to describe a product. Further, it's an anonymous complaint — what happened to the right to face one's accuser? Lastly, the way the DMCA works assumes guilt prior to proof of the alleged offence. What if your words describing a copyrighted material did not in fact point to the material but to something else, a photo of your cat for example? The DMCA is a fascist piece of legislation whatever way you look at it and it's extremely unfortunate that Blogger is forced to comply with it. I hope the EFF will one day unsheath its claws and rip this ridiculous legislation to shreds.
It's looking like World Circuit are the bad guys:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.crisoldemusicas.com/2010/02/blogger-cierra-afrocubanlatinjazz.html&ei=VPLYS8LPKILYsgOW7OWdBg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBEQ7gEwAjgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dafrocubanlatinjazz%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den
A bit of a job to read through it for English-only speakers with the auto-translation, but while the evidence is not definitive, it seems telling. I liked AfroCubanLatinJazz. What all these First World record companies don't understand is that no one is going to buy their shit in poorer parts of the world — no one can!Money is tight. And, damn, it's culture, not commerce! Well, perhaps I won't participate in their commerce any longer. I spent a lot of money with World Circuit over the years.
Here's the original Spanish language blog referenced above concerning who may have closed down AfroCubanLatinJazz and who may be stomping around issuing DMCA notices right, left and center:
http://www.crisoldemusicas.com/2010/02/blogger-cierra-afrocubanlatinjazz.html
For some reason it reminds me of the closing scenes of Aguirre, the Wrath of God by Hertzog... with the record companies on the stranded rafts slowly halucinating to death.
To be absolutely clear: I do not post full length high quality commercially available albums for profit.
MOTHERFUCKERS
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