Eminem tells Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his songs ( www.bbc.com )

OceanSoap , 10 months ago

Hmm, I don’t know how this could possibly be taken seriously in a court, otherwise any video out there of anyone singing a song would be included in some sort of infringement.

adespoton , 10 months ago

ASCAP doesn’t cover political campaigns. Also, most campaigns don’t want to be seen performing an artist’s work against their direct wishes; it doesn’t tend to look good.

Dawn , 10 months ago

Cover songs have always been a copyright violation, it’s just that musicians don’t go after them cause they will almost always look like the asshole for doing so, and the companies normally dont because the amount of money they would be able to get out of the lawsuit wouldn’t normally be worth it.

Clent , 10 months ago

There is a ton of licensing that is occurring behind the scenes.

Typically, the venue pays for it but other arrangements are possible including explicit permission from the copyright holder.

Obligatory: fuck copyright law. Stupid idea that dates back to when owning people was still cool. Society operated just fine without for hundreds of thousands of years. No one should be allowed to own culture.

babyphatman , 10 months ago

While technically cover songs are copyright infringement, anyone can cover a song as long as they obtain a mechanical license and follow some guidelines.

I think copyright should be abolished and replaced by a tax that pays artists, writers, journalists, and musicians. This will eliminate the middleman copyright legal industry and allow for far more creativity.