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| Senor Magoo wrote: | | And imagine how many more Malawian children Madonna could have purchased if everyone wasn't stealing all her tunes. |
I remember hearing a Madonna song, called "True Love" or something, back in '87 while I was working in a fab shop (it played on the shop radio every day), that had almost the same exact tune as Herb Alpert's "Acapulco 1922."
I wonder if Alpert ever sued her.
There's a Jacob Miller tune, "Standing Firm," that rips off Dave Brubeck's "Take Five," but the Brubeck number is probably derived from something else anyway.
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Maestro
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According to the story, Take 5 was written after Paul Desmond heard some musicians in a Turkish market playing a tune in 9/8 time.
The chorus from Miller's song sounds pretty much the same as the chorus from Take 5.
But of course music existed long before there was a music industry. All songs are derivative in a way. There are many old folk tunes with numerous verses written at different times by different people. Think of 'St. James Infirmary', with its multiplicity of verses and versions.
In fact, think of the blues, where the form of the blues has been unchanged for a couple of hundred years. Fortunately, the industry has been unable to copyright the blues, allowing people to retain the right to add, subtract, and change whatever they want to.
Speaking of Take 5, I wrote my own version of that song, calling it Take 6. I was running a jam session at the time, and wanted to do something that had the feel of Take 5. Most musicians can't sustain that 5/4 time for any distance, so I changed the time to 6/8, which most musicians can sustain.
I used the same chord structure as Take 5 (which is perfectly legitimate), and wrote the lyric based on the idea of taking a moment to sit back and relax. The melody line was my own as well (at least as much as it's possibe to be original in a melody line). See what you think...
| Quote: | Take 6
When your face is a frown,
The world’s getting you down
Take my advice, take 6
Your day is a mess,
It’s nothing but stress
Put up your feet, take 6
When you’re troubled by doubt,
Can’t figure things out
When troubles around you abound
Just sit back and relax,
Take a load off your back
You know you’ll win, through in the end
When your life is a fret,
Don’t give it up yet
Here’s a good trick, take 6
When you’re run off your feet,
You’re tired and beat
I’ve got the fix, take 6
When the pace is too fast,
You don’t think you can last
And you feel like you’re sinking down
Leave your worries behind,
There’s peace of mind
It’s waiting for you, if you just let it through
When you're feelin' blue
There's not much you can do
But sit back, relax and take six
When things look so black
And you think you might crack
Slow down, breath deep and take six. |
This actually worked as a jam song, ands was played regularly.
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The Evil Twin
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Anonymous attacks Indian government websites
| Quote: | The hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against websites in India.
Websites for government departments, India's Supreme Court and two political parties all came under attack.
Anonymous said the attacks were carried out in retaliation against blocks imposed on well-known video and file-sharing sites.
The Indian anti-piracy firm behind the blocking of Vimeo, DailyMotion and The Pirate Bay was also attacked.
In late March, Chennai-based Copyrightlabs won a restraining order that made Indian ISPs and phone firms stop their customers reaching sites that were illegally sharing copies of Bollywood films called 3 and Dhammu.
As the the blocks started to come into force in mid-May, Anonymous launched attacks against 14 separate government and political sites. Hit hardest were the Indian telecoms department, electronics and IT ministry, supreme court and sites used by the BJP and INC political parties which were all knocked offline.
The website of Copyrightlabs was also "down for maintenance" during the attacks.
In tweets documenting its ongoing hack attacks, Anonymous said they were being carried out in retaliation for "internet censorship" in India. |
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Hacking group Anonymous takes on India internet 'censorship'
| Quote: | Members of the internet hacking group Anonymous have been staging protests across 16 cities in India, against what they say is internet censorship in the country.
Mumbai's Azad Maidan sports ground is often packed with children playing cricket, but the bowlers and batsmen were joined on Saturday by a sea of Guy Fawkes masks.
The costumes are a hallmark of the internet "hacktivist" group Anonymous which organised a series of protests in Indian cities, including Mumbai.
"I'm here for internet freedom. There's restrictions on speaking online. That's why I'm here," says 19-year-old Amisha, a student who was one of around 100 protesters in Mumbai.
Holding banners calling for freedom from censorship, the group were protesting against India's internet laws.
"India is following China and Iran. They don't want the right information to reach people," said 20-year-old student Nishant, whose face was hidden behind a scarf and sunglasses.
"There are some sites they've blocked for information which is relevant to us. Information which is useful to us as citizens of this country," he added.
Speaking to the BBC via their internet chatroom, members of Anonymous India said they were representing the "common man" and were simply ordinary internet users trying to make a point.
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Anonymous India organised its Occupy campaign against what it believes is the unfair blocking and banning of file sharing sites by Indian internet service providers (ISPs) such as Reliance Communications and Airtel.
It is estimated that as many as 121m Indians are internet users
"We are protesting arbitrary, extra-judicial censorship, where not even the government knows - or cares - who controls what," said @anamikanon from Anonymous on the group's chatroom.
Last month a number of Indian ISPs blocked access to file-sharing sites including Vimeo, Pastebin, Piratebay and Dailymotion following a court order which centred on the issue of internet copyright. |
I'm quite happy to see that Indian netizens are more "European" rather than (wimpy) North American in their reaction to net censorship. 
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Delusional ratioanlizations lead to multi-faceted abuse of power.
U.S. Claims Global Jurisdiction of .net and .com Web Sites: Is .edu Next?
Posted on January 21, 2012 by Jim Farmer
| Quote: | On January 13, a UK magistrate ruled a 23-year-old student can be extradited to the United States for running a website posting links to pirated TV shows and films; this despite significant doubts over whether such sites break any UK laws. He has become the “guinea pig” of expansive U.S. justice.
About four years ago Richard O’Dwyer, a computing student at Sheffield Hallam University, began a website registered as TVSHACK.net. It “posted links to pirated material. It did not directly host any files, which meant, according to the student’s lawyers, that it acted as little more than a Google-type search engine and did not breach copyright.” The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized the domain name in July 2010 and subsequently TVSHACK.cc in November. (Seizure must be challenged with ten business days, difficult for someone outside the U.S.).
The defence team pointed out that the only UK prosecution of a similar site, TV-Links, ended last year with the case being thrown out. [In Europe, copyright infringement requires that the copyrighted material themselves be hosted on the website in question.] O’Dwyer has never been to the U.S. In his case, UK authorities did not attempt to prosecute for copyright infringement. The U.S. Department of Justice argues the U.S. has world-wide jurisdiction over all .com and .net domain registrations. Both registries are operated by Verisign under contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Verisign is based in Virginia.
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http://mfeldstein.com/u-s-claims-global-jurisdiction-of-net-and-com... |
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The Evil Twin
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Oh FFS. What's next? Obama ordering targeted assassinations of foreign file sharers? Maybe my residence will be taken out tonight in a drone strike? 
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| Appears that non-USAns acting legally within norms outside of the USA are subject to USAn law. Next week, will Monaco be busted for lacking USAn gambling permits? Canadians extradited for burning a USAn flag or uttering angry threats/curses at videos of USAn officials? |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| Just ask Marc Emery. |
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The Evil Twin
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| cco wrote: | | Just ask Marc Emery. |
Indeed. 
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India unblocks The Pirate Bay and other sharing sites
| Quote: | Web users in India are once again able to access video and file-sharing sites, including The Pirate Bay.
The country's Madras High Court has changed its earlier censorship order which centred on the issue of internet copyright.
The original ruling made Indian internet service providers (ISPs) block access to entire sites to prevent a single film from being shared online.
The new order was issued following an appeal filed by a consortium of ISPs.
It states that only specific web addresses - URLs - carrying the pirated content should be blocked, but not the entire website.
"The order of interim injunction dated 25/04/2012 is hereby clarified that the interim injunction is granted only in respect of a particular URL where the infringing movie is kept and not in respect of the entire website," reads the updated decision.
"Further, the applicant is directed to inform about the particulars of URL where the interim movie is kept within 48 hours."
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In late March, Chennai-based Copyrightlabs, an Indian anti-piracy firm, won a court order that made Indian ISPs and phone firms stop their customers reaching websites that were illegally sharing copies of certain Bollywood films.
The Ashok Kumar order - similar to a "John Doe" order in the United States and designed to protect the copyright of music, films and other content - allowed copyright holders to request a website be taken down to prevent users from downloading content illegally. |
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