Record Label ‘Infringes’ Own Copyright, Site Pulled.
http://torrentfreak.com/record-label-infringes-own-copyright-site-pulled-081019/
A record label by the name of Quote Unquote Records had a website up allowing free access to their music. They sought to be one of the first donation based record labels. However their website was pulled down for copyright infringement by their web host. The web host contacted the record label saying they had copyrighted material which they did not have the rights to access. The host asked them to send over the copyright registration forms by mail in order to get the website back up. This was a problem for the label because even though the copyrighted material was their original work, it was not registered with the US copyright office. They instead got their music copyrighted under a Creative Commons License (material can be viewed only if the website is up). With out the paperwork the website will remain down.
One person from Quote Unquote Records said "I guess the scary thing for me is that it seems that my hosting server employs a guilty before proven innocent policy, which is terrifying for anyone who does not physically mail forms for every small idea they’ve ever had in their bedroom to the US copyright office. What a great new digital age, stuck in the trappings of wasteful forms and red tape.” I think that's ridiculous, they were not doing anything wrong. Typical copyright laws being too strict. What do you guys think?
Ryan Wettlaufer
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I agree with you, copyrights need an upgrade. One that is reasonable.
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