Legal question

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:28 pm

We just uploaded our cover of Shane Macgowan and th Popes "That Woman's got me drinking" to our myspace page how much trouble is that gonna get me into if caught?

Post by **cwallace** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:53 pm

Shane would be cool with it...

sevesd93 · Post by **sevesd93** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:54 pm

It won't be any trouble for you Al, I think you will enjoy prison...

rezin · Post by **rezin** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:50 pm

im sure no one will notice/care enough to do anything.

and its not like youre making profit off of it.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:41 am

rezin wrote:and its not like youre making profit off of it.

I'm sure you're right, but that's not a legal defense, you know?

Even if you're not making anything off of it, companies can sue based on the premise that you're drawing business away from them in the form of lost sales etc.

Regardless, I don't think anyone's gonna care if you put up your cover song.

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:27 am

Depending who owns the rights to the song, you might have troubles. What might prove tricky is getting it past the screeners at cd pressing plants and cdbaby (for the iTunes loving).

MrSpall · Post by **MrSpall** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:12 am

I think you'll be fine. We posted our cover of 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' on MySpace for about 6 months a while back, and Britney never sued us. According to the MySpace TOS you have to legally own the rights to any music you upload to your site, but they never go through and check it. If someone decided to get crazy and report you, MySpace would make you take it down (I've heard rumors that Tom threatens to come and break you kneecaps). Outside of that I don't think you'll have any trouble.

Technically it's copyright infringement, but you'll probably never get caught.

The Hammer · Post by **The Hammer** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:37 am

Just to be safe though, you might want to know what size handcuffs you wear in advance. And I hear kneepads are good to have in the joint. But don't worry, nothing will happen.

Yeehaa

rezin · Post by **rezin** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:28 pm

Garr wrote:
rezin wrote:and its not like youre making profit off of it.
I'm sure you're right, but that's not a legal defense, you know?

Even if you're not making anything off of it, companies can sue based on the premise that you're drawing business away from them in the form of lost sales etc.

Regardless, I don't think anyone's gonna care if you put up your cover song.

woops.

Pullimic · Post by **Pullimic** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:04 pm

if he belongs to the music union they might come after you for royalties but that's if they catch it, from what I understand they're more about listening to radio and making sure that you get paid your 7 cents a minute royalty for air play

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