What I find hilarious after reading this story is the fact that apparently the original writer of the song gave them a tape to learn the song. Nowhere in the story does it say he gave them any type of rights to copy-right it or to start a company based on it. Seems to me the original creator of the song is the one who should be issuing the DMCA take down notice not someone who simply sang the song. Here's the link to the information:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Got_Run_Over_by_a_Reindeer
Take a look and see if you see where the original writer as I said, gave them the rights to that song to do as they see fit.
Maybe I'm crazy but this whole law suit seems a massive waste of time
No wonder the poor "senior cruise director" couldn't find any reference to Mr."Cloonpitt", the bloody tugger made his name up by combining Cloony and Pitt, as in George Cloony and Brad Pitt. Sounds to me like this clown wasn't supposed to be on said cruise and was afraid his boss would catch him in the lie. He's nothing more than a wannabe and a crooked one at that, his so-called agent is probably a buddy onshore who's a bottom feeder ready to sue anyone. From the sounds of this story the drongo ain't got a leg to stand on and he knows it so he's trying to bluff the cruise lines into paying him money to shut him up. I'd love to see this go to court and have him and his "agent" both thrown in the clink.
I, too, used to have Rogers at one time and got tired of their incessant "GIVE US PRE-AUTHORIZED" in regards to my bill, which I paid the first of each month like clockwork. Didn't matter to these bums. I lost my cable due to being behind on the bill, which I'm not worried about, but my wife got Rogers in her name, only to go thru the same thing with their accounting department in regards to the "Pre-Authorized" dance. She told them she got paid around the end of the month and for almost two years every 13th of each month she had the same song and dance from them about it. Finally she was one month behind and they called, she said she'd have it paid in full the following Wednesday, when she got paid. They said, OK, no problem, then hung up and shut the cable off then and there. She said the hell with and called Bell Express Vue, Aliant's satellite service on Thursday that week. By Saturday we were up and running and have been with Bell Express Vue for almost four years now with no complaints about the service or nags each month about pre-authorized access to our account.
Despite her paying the damn thing off once she got paid, Rogers still tried to say she owed them over 200.00 and I finally had to get a screen shot of her account at Rogers to make them go away. Now, even tho we've not had this bunch of losers for almost four years, we still get spammed by them in the mail with their offers for their phone, their TV service including their HD service, this despite the fact that once you're not a rogers customer for a year they have to stop sending you garbage mail like their "so-called" great offers, etc. I'm with Bell Aliant and pay the same amount now that I was paying with Rogers for my TV and Internet, plus I have unlimited and no bandwidth caps.
Interesting post from one of the largest RIAA/MPAA Trolls around.All you've managed to say is the same old drivel that you've been repeating for years on how the labels are not dying and the fact that we're all crooks.
Well, Sam I Am,crawl back under the rock from whence you came. The courts and the people are starting to wake up to your, the labels, creative accounting and just how much BS their monetary loss claims really are and you've still got the gall to try and claim that the labels are hurting?
The music industry made 15 BILLION, last year, and now your big money execs are starting to shiver in their boots as more and more members of your own organizations are beginning to realize just how big a bunch of crooks are running the RIAA, which according to it's own charter is NOT a lobby group, but IS IN FACT A RECORD RATING SERVICE!!
Nothing more or less, yet you whine and cry when you are basically too damned stupid to realize that your days are numbered as more and more artists whether on FaceBook or MySpace are sharing their music with others around the world without any greedy managers, promotion companies, or phony contracts that deny them their right to earn a living.
Other artists some of them big names in the music industry today are using the net to get their music out there and the fans pay a fair price for the albums, plus those artists have more creative control, which means that they can give their fans what they want, albums with more good songs on them instead of the crap the RIAA members force them to turn out with only one or two good songs on the album.
They can produce, record and distribute their music to a wider audience who respects what they've done and are willing to pay a fair price for the end result.
Consider that next time before you open your trolling mouth and espouse the same old party line of a dying industry.
Sorry about before, I do have a tendency to think faster than my fingers can type, so let's try it again.
Our education system is more like the British in that we are taught proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure whilst learning about the world in general, whereas the American system only teaches American History and treats us, like a bunch of ignorant backwoods hillbillies, which we aren't.
Don't blame your poor understanding on ACTA on us, hell, we're all in the same boat when it comes to getting screwed over by the Kartels. What I can't understand is why it hasn't been taken to the court in the Hague and had the world know that this whole farce was thought up by the USTR. Who according to the U.S. Constitution has no right to implement or propose a law. Yet that's exactly what that office has done at the behest of the MPAA,RIAA, and the BSA, so by law and definition of law as accorded to the U.S. Constitution this whole thing is illegal and shouldn't be allowed.
Let's see em argue that in International Court where the judges are beyond the reach of the bribes and threats of the Kartels and their minions.
My biggest laugh with this so called treaty, is how there is very little discussed in the way of "Counterfeiting" but instead focuses on "COPY RIGHT" matters, which as we all know benefits a small minority who seem to think that it's their God given right to play with the terms. So no matter what whenever a item begins to go into the public domain, such as Mickey Mouse, as Walt Disney, has been dead longer than the terms of the current copy right extension.
They immediately get their wallets out and run to their lobbyist to make sure that it never sees the public light of day unless it's under their jaundiced and greedy eye.
Hey there, AC number who the hell ever, I'm a Canuck, that's Canadian slang for you dunderheads like AC number who the hell ever in the American school system who went to school one day and on that day it rained and the teacher never showed up, and damn proud of it.Our education system is more like the British in that we are taught proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure whilst learning about the world in general, whereas the American system only teaches American History and treats us, like a bunch of ignorant backwoods hillbillies, which we aren't. Don't blame your poor understanding on ACTA on us, hell, we're all in the same boat when it comes to getting screwed over by the Kartels. What I can't understand is why it hasn't been taken to the court in the Hague and had the world know that this whole farce was thought up by the USTR, who according to the U.S. Constitution has no right to implement or propose a law, yet that's exactly what that office has done at the behest of the MPAA,RIAA, and the BSA, so by law and definition of law as accorded to the U.S. Constitution this whole thing is illegal and shouldn't be allowed. Let's see em argue that in International Court where the judges are beyond the reach of the bribes and threats of the Kartels and their minions. My biggest laugh with this so called treaty, is how there is very little discussed in the way of "Counterfeiting" but instead focuses on "COPY RIGHT" matters, which as we all know benefits a small minority who seem to think that it's their God given right to play with the terms so no matter what whenever a item begins to go into the public domain, such as Mickey Mouse, as Walt Disney, has been dead longer than the terms of the current copy right extension, they immediately get their wallets out and run to their lobbyist to make sure that it never sees the public light of day unless it's under their jaundiced and greedy eye.
Mandelson Gets To Choose How Long Your "Temporary" Suspension Will Be
Hi, Gang;
Just came from another website P2Pnet.net and it seems Mandy isn't gonna get his way as Lord High Enforcer for the Kartels.
"Apparently Conservative and Liberal Democrat lords will unite to vote down Clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill, which has been criticised by internet giants such as Google and Yahoo!, when the Bill is put to vote in its report stage.
The music and film industries will be dismayed by the two parties’ refusal to sanction the clause, which would have allowed Lord Mandelson to fast-track legislation to combat websites that host pirated content."
So it looks like wiser heads have prevailed after all.
Blame Canada, for what? Having the stones not to bow to pressure from the U.S.? For your information, bub, our copy right policies are in line with the rest of the world, it's the American policy that's off in space somewhere along with the USTR and the music and movie Kartels, who are behind this whole ACTA piece of shit and are trying to force it down people's throats or be sanctioned. Try cleaning up your own backyard, A C, and once you've gotten your head out of your ass and can see again you'll realize that not everyone is gonna bow and scrape to a bunch of bullies who are nothing more than greedy ass hats.
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DMCA NOTICE
Take a look and see if you see where the original writer as I said, gave them the rights to that song to do as they see fit.
Maybe I'm crazy but this whole law suit seems a massive waste of time
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Aniconism
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ROGERS BLOODY SUCKS!!
Despite her paying the damn thing off once she got paid, Rogers still tried to say she owed them over 200.00 and I finally had to get a screen shot of her account at Rogers to make them go away. Now, even tho we've not had this bunch of losers for almost four years, we still get spammed by them in the mail with their offers for their phone, their TV service including their HD service, this despite the fact that once you're not a rogers customer for a year they have to stop sending you garbage mail like their "so-called" great offers, etc. I'm with Bell Aliant and pay the same amount now that I was paying with Rogers for my TV and Internet, plus I have unlimited and no bandwidth caps.
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RE: THE RECORD LABELS ARE DOOMED?
Well, Sam I Am,crawl back under the rock from whence you came. The courts and the people are starting to wake up to your, the labels, creative accounting and just how much BS their monetary loss claims really are and you've still got the gall to try and claim that the labels are hurting?
The music industry made 15 BILLION, last year, and now your big money execs are starting to shiver in their boots as more and more members of your own organizations are beginning to realize just how big a bunch of crooks are running the RIAA, which according to it's own charter is NOT a lobby group, but IS IN FACT A RECORD RATING SERVICE!!
Nothing more or less, yet you whine and cry when you are basically too damned stupid to realize that your days are numbered as more and more artists whether on FaceBook or MySpace are sharing their music with others around the world without any greedy managers, promotion companies, or phony contracts that deny them their right to earn a living.
Other artists some of them big names in the music industry today are using the net to get their music out there and the fans pay a fair price for the albums, plus those artists have more creative control, which means that they can give their fans what they want, albums with more good songs on them instead of the crap the RIAA members force them to turn out with only one or two good songs on the album.
They can produce, record and distribute their music to a wider audience who respects what they've done and are willing to pay a fair price for the end result.
Consider that next time before you open your trolling mouth and espouse the same old party line of a dying industry.
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SPAM from fashionII
On the post: Missing From ACTA Release: What Each Country Is Pushing For
RE:RE:RE:RE: CHICKENS
Our education system is more like the British in that we are taught proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure whilst learning about the world in general, whereas the American system only teaches American History and treats us, like a bunch of ignorant backwoods hillbillies, which we aren't.
Don't blame your poor understanding on ACTA on us, hell, we're all in the same boat when it comes to getting screwed over by the Kartels. What I can't understand is why it hasn't been taken to the court in the Hague and had the world know that this whole farce was thought up by the USTR. Who according to the U.S. Constitution has no right to implement or propose a law. Yet that's exactly what that office has done at the behest of the MPAA,RIAA, and the BSA, so by law and definition of law as accorded to the U.S. Constitution this whole thing is illegal and shouldn't be allowed.
Let's see em argue that in International Court where the judges are beyond the reach of the bribes and threats of the Kartels and their minions.
My biggest laugh with this so called treaty, is how there is very little discussed in the way of "Counterfeiting" but instead focuses on "COPY RIGHT" matters, which as we all know benefits a small minority who seem to think that it's their God given right to play with the terms. So no matter what whenever a item begins to go into the public domain, such as Mickey Mouse, as Walt Disney, has been dead longer than the terms of the current copy right extension.
They immediately get their wallets out and run to their lobbyist to make sure that it never sees the public light of day unless it's under their jaundiced and greedy eye.
On the post: Missing From ACTA Release: What Each Country Is Pushing For
RE:RE:RE:RE: CHICKENS
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RE:RE:RE: CHICKENS
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Mandelson Gets To Choose How Long Your "Temporary" Suspension Will Be
Just came from another website P2Pnet.net and it seems Mandy isn't gonna get his way as Lord High Enforcer for the Kartels.
"Apparently Conservative and Liberal Democrat lords will unite to vote down Clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill, which has been criticised by internet giants such as Google and Yahoo!, when the Bill is put to vote in its report stage.
The music and film industries will be dismayed by the two parties’ refusal to sanction the clause, which would have allowed Lord Mandelson to fast-track legislation to combat websites that host pirated content."
So it looks like wiser heads have prevailed after all.
On the post: Time To Change (Or Ditch) The USTR Special 301 Process That Pressures Other Countries To Adapt US IP Laws
RE: BLAME CANADA!?
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