To all interested in Bedouin bootlegs

Doug Pearson ceres at SIRIUS.COM
Tue May 4 13:35:26 EDT 1999


On Mon, 3 May 1999 10:15:08 +0100, Neil Ward <Neil at FAWE.DEMON.CO.UK> wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sprawl <sprawl at BBOARD.COM>
>To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>Date: 02 May 1999 17:03
>Subject: Re: To all interested in Bedouin bootlegs
>
>>And the only person who can lay down the law about what is appropriate to
>>post
>>to this list is Ben Cohen.
>
>Fair enough, so:
>It is innappropriate to advertise bootlegs anywhere that Alan, EBS, Rock
>Music, Copyright Control, etc. might see.

... if it's inappropriate to advertise bootlegs that we wouldn't want
"Copyright Control" to know about, does that mean that we're not allowed to
quote lyrics that might be in violation of copyrights held by songwriters
like "trad" and "anon" (two of my favorites - I'm also a big fan of the
former's cousin, "trad arr")?

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com



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