Fight Song Sheet Music

It is quite understandable that artists returned their intellectual property being pirated. As the majority of the money from their music goes to publishers, record companies, agents and / or managers, leaving the artists with a small piece of the pie. Thus, when pirates erode their gains even more frustration boil anger.

But artists need to take a lesson from Carol Kaye strong: know your rights before you throw your weight around legal. Kaye, who will be 75 on March 24, is a legendary studio musician and was one of the few professional bass guitar players of his generation. She teaches guitar for fifty years and has written several books on how to play guitar.

When Kaye was discovered that some of his sheet music and lessons are available on various torrent sites. There is no shame in not knowing the hierarchy of the Internet infrastructure or to understand how copyright law applies to this new medium. What is not excusable is still ignorant and led a fight against digital piracy wrong. While there is little argument that piracy of copyrighted works is illegal and immoral, you can not blame the technology.

At one point, Kaye has announced that it had filed a complaint against Google with the Federal Trade Commission to allow illegal downloads. It would be like trying to blame Ford for making the getaway car used in a bank robbery. Technology is agnostic, how people use this technology is not the responsibility of Google or other search engine. This is true of any technology that has other uses valid.

This was the heart of the matter when Sony Betamax continued, saying VCRs were used to illegally copy movies and shows that were broadcast on television. The Supreme Court rules in favor of Betamax and part of the decision focused on the fact that the VCR had legitimate uses that replaced the illegal activities committed by individuals. The same logic applies to copying machines.

But Kaye does not stop there. She went after a blog site that covers news torrent and it accused of infringement, apparently believing that the handwriting on torrent sites has been equivalent to the supply of illegal files for download. And she followed that belief with a torrent of his own - a diatribe against the blog site.

The unfortunate aspect is, instead of attracting attention to the real problem of piracy, Ms. Kaye has herself become the center and not in the right direction. So before you start any artist begins legal threats, they need to make sure the fire after the actual perpetrators and not to draw any messengers or innocent bystanders.