The Murder Of Music, Think Before You Act |
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The Murder Of Music, Think Before You Act |
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Dec 9 2009, 04:18 AM |
My friend and an awesome neoclassical shredder Borislav Mitic has recently signed for Lion Music which is the metal label from Finland that also released my album.
Just before he released his new record he posted a very seirous story about "The Murder of Music" on the Lion Music's website. Some of other Lion Music artists (including me) also gave their input on this subject. CHECK IT OUT HERE! I would be interested to see comments on Borislav's text from GMC community. -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
www.emirhot.com www.myspace.com/emirhotguitar www.myspace.com/sevdahmetal |
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Dec 22 2009, 04:23 PM |
Emir, Do you know the names/ web addresses of any websites
that pirate your album out to its users? If so, you can look up who owns that website (the registrar) and the web-hosting company being used to project it over the net via the link: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp In many cases results provided will show the street address, phone number, IP of the registrar (owner), etc. You can also start by reporting these pirates to the web-hosting company of the registrar itself, as well as to agencies like the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)...: https://www.riaa.com/reportpiracy.php ...and to any other agencies that apply to regions where these website owners reside. Also check out ICANN : http://www.icann.org/tr/english.html ICANN does not control data sharing or distribution, but they do regulate (Internationally) web address allocation and provide useful information on how it all works. Moreover, take some screen shots of the pirating websites that advertise your album being offered before you report them - before the owner has a chance to find out it's HOT and removes the violating web-pages (to maintain proof). Anyway, it's a start. And for them, perhaps, the nightmare begins.... |
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Dec 22 2009, 06:31 PM
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Emir, Do you know the names/ web addresses of any websites that pirate your album out to its users? If so, you can look up who owns that website (the registrar) and the web-hosting company being used to project it over the net via the link: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp In many cases results provided will show the street address, phone number, IP of the registrar (owner), etc. You can also start by reporting these pirates to the web-hosting company of the registrar itself, as well as to agencies like the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)...: https://www.riaa.com/reportpiracy.php ...and to any other agencies that apply to regions where these website owners reside. Also check out ICANN : http://www.icann.org/tr/english.html ICANN does not control data sharing or distribution, but they do regulate (Internationally) web address allocation and provide useful information on how it all works. Moreover, take some screen shots of the pirating websites that advertise your album being offered before you report them - before the owner has a chance to find out it's HOT and removes the violating web-pages (to maintain proof). Anyway, it's a start. And for them, perhaps, the nightmare begins.... Seems like that would be a full time job trying to keep up with that...... |
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Dec 22 2009, 09:49 PM |
Seems like that would be a full time job trying to keep up with that...... Anything worth while, like playing guitar for instance, may take some time. It appears to me, trying to appeal to the conscience of each and every potential buyer in the entire world not to accept illegal downloads at a discount or even for free warrants a much bigger challenge than what I suggested. Like the death of music. If you eliminate the bootlegger, the drinker has no place to go other than to a legitimate source. But unlike bootlegging or drug dealing, everything indexed on the internet is stored as data and traceable - you can run but you can't hide. Take a few down and that fear may create a domino effect. There is strength in numbers, hence, the musicians union I mentioned earlier. How many pirate sites can you find in one day? These are only suggestions. I read an article where a music company is attempting to sue all the people (tens of thousands) who downloaded music from a confiscated pirate site. Unfortunately, I did not bookmark that article and can't find it now. Point being, even those individuals who downloaded the music can be traced (via IP). There is also an IP Look-up database: http://ip-lookup.net But, this one usually only yields the users internet provider, through whom you might then obtain more information on the individual by lawful means. Anyway, when the going gets tough... Thanks for responding. |
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Dec 22 2009, 10:45 PM
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Anything worth while, like playing guitar for instance, may take some time. It appears to me, trying to appeal to the conscience of each and every potential buyer in the entire world not to accept illegal downloads at a discount or even for free warrants a much bigger challenge than what I suggested. Like the death of music. If you eliminate the bootlegger, the drinker has no place to go other than to a legitimate source. But unlike bootlegging or drug dealing, everything indexed on the internet is stored as data and traceable - you can run but you can't hide. Take a few down and that fear may create a domino effect. There is strength in numbers, hence, the musicians union I mentioned earlier. How many pirate sites can you find in one day? These are only suggestions. I read an article where a music company is attempting to sue all the people (tens of thousands) who downloaded music from a confiscated pirate site. Unfortunately, I did not bookmark that article and can't find it now. Point being, even those individuals who downloaded the music can be traced (via IP). There is also an IP Look-up database: http://ip-lookup.net But, this one usually only yields the users internet provider, through whom you might then obtain more information on the individual by lawful means. Anyway, when the going gets tough... Thanks for responding. I definitely see where you are coming from and agree with it. I just meant that for ONE person like Emir to do this might not work. A large corporation would have the means and manpower to do that much more easily than just one person. It's sad that people think it's OK to steal.....even if they don't think that is what they are doing....... |
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Dec 22 2009, 11:50 PM |
I definitely see where you are coming from and agree with it. I just meant that for ONE person like Emir to do this might not work. A large corporation would have the means and manpower to do that much more easily than just one person. It's sad that people think it's OK to steal.....even if they don't think that is what they are doing....... Yea, for Emir the task might prove a bit tedious - and I agree it is sad. On the other hand, who better than Emir (or his former label) to know which stores or web-sites do have the right to sell his album? If I had a list of them, then I would know that any other store or web-site attempting to sell or distribute his album must be pirating. But, it's Emir and/ or his label that must take any necessary lawful action. A union type label of some sort should be used on all legitimate selling albums, electronic (embedded in the coding) or otherwise visible along with traceable bar-codes on CDs, or something. As I understand, Emir Hot has lost a-lot of money during his career due to pirating. Anyhow, good observation. Hang loose, man. ALL THIS TALK ABOUT stealing or buying music and i can't even give it away https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=32726 Hey, it looks like you have gotten 38 downloads on this site alone in the last 2 DAYS - not bad for being relatively outdated and unknown. Maybe you guys should get together and try again. Imagine what it might do on 10,000 websites if you created something new and became relatively better known. Just an observation. Gotta go now - catch everyone later. Ps. |
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