Comments on: 3 Count: ASCAPped http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:06:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: valeriehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/comment-page-1/#comment-129151 valerie Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:52:40 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4789#comment-129151 Oh that's right, I'd forgotten about the Girl Scouts thing. That's even more ridiculous than this! Oh that's right, I'd forgotten about the Girl Scouts thing. That's even more ridiculous than this!

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/comment-page-1/#comment-129150 Jonathan Bailey Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:42:54 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4789#comment-129150 This IS the organization that tried to sue girl scouts for singing songs around a campfire. So I'm forced to answer "Maybe". This is also the kind of organization, though it was the one is Spain I believe, that crashed weddings to bust wedding singers who didn't pay. <br><br>So, don't put anything beneath them.<br><br>I'm glad they lost this one too, the slippery slope here really is dangerous as you pointed out. <br><br>I did ask a lawyer for comment when I first heard about it, unfortunately, her comments where too short and completely unprintable (at least on this site). This IS the organization that tried to sue girl scouts for singing songs around a campfire. So I'm forced to answer “Maybe”. This is also the kind of organization, though it was the one is Spain I believe, that crashed weddings to bust wedding singers who didn't pay.

So, don't put anything beneath them.

I'm glad they lost this one too, the slippery slope here really is dangerous as you pointed out.

I did ask a lawyer for comment when I first heard about it, unfortunately, her comments where too short and completely unprintable (at least on this site).

]]> By: valeriehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/comment-page-1/#comment-129149 valerie Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:36:35 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4789#comment-129149 You know what, though, I got to thinking -- if the ASCAP had won that case, next would they have gone after people who make their own ringtones from their CDs or MP3s they've purchased? Did they think they were going to start stopping people on the street and asking them to prove if they've paid their royalties for the 30 seconds or less of the song that plays? You know what, though, I got to thinking — if the ASCAP had won that case, next would they have gone after people who make their own ringtones from their CDs or MP3s they've purchased? Did they think they were going to start stopping people on the street and asking them to prove if they've paid their royalties for the 30 seconds or less of the song that plays?

]]> By: valeriehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/comment-page-1/#comment-128673 valerie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:52:40 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4789#comment-128673 Oh that's right, I'd forgotten about the Girl Scouts thing. That's even more ridiculous than this! Oh that's right, I'd forgotten about the Girl Scouts thing. That's even more ridiculous than this!

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/comment-page-1/#comment-128672 Jonathan Bailey Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:42:54 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4789#comment-128672 This IS the organization that tried to sue girl scouts for singing songs around a campfire. So I'm forced to answer "Maybe". This is also the kind of organization, though it was the one is Spain I believe, that crashed weddings to bust wedding singers who didn't pay. <br><br>So, don't put anything beneath them.<br><br>I'm glad they lost this one too, the slippery slope here really is dangerous as you pointed out. <br><br>I did ask a lawyer for comment when I first heard about it, unfortunately, her comments where too short and completely unprintable (at least on this site). This IS the organization that tried to sue girl scouts for singing songs around a campfire. So I'm forced to answer “Maybe”. This is also the kind of organization, though it was the one is Spain I believe, that crashed weddings to bust wedding singers who didn't pay.

So, don't put anything beneath them.

I'm glad they lost this one too, the slippery slope here really is dangerous as you pointed out.

I did ask a lawyer for comment when I first heard about it, unfortunately, her comments where too short and completely unprintable (at least on this site).

]]> By: valeriehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/comment-page-1/#comment-128671 valerie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:36:35 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4789#comment-128671 You know what, though, I got to thinking -- if the ASCAP had won that case, next would they have gone after people who make their own ringtones from their CDs or MP3s they've purchased? Did they think they were going to start stopping people on the street and asking them to prove if they've paid their royalties for the 30 seconds or less of the song that plays? You know what, though, I got to thinking — if the ASCAP had won that case, next would they have gone after people who make their own ringtones from their CDs or MP3s they've purchased? Did they think they were going to start stopping people on the street and asking them to prove if they've paid their royalties for the 30 seconds or less of the song that plays?

]]> By: valeriehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/10/15/3-count-ascapped/comment-page-1/#comment-128669 valerie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:32:12 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4789#comment-128669 Re: #3 -- woot! :) Re: #3 — woot! :)

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