I came across this site when we released the Nex album back in 2007. I didn't bother to look into it any further then, but now when I saw our latest release there (Orcvus) I thought I'd contact them just to see what they had to say. I know it's totally pointless but what the hell....
Ok, I find it a bit annoying to see our releases available for download all over the web, especially when our sales are next to nothing nowadays, but what these clever little piss-ants have figured out is that they might as well charge for the stuff. And of course they are based in Russia so it's not much that can be done about it as far as I understand.
Anyway. After my first contact with them, in the form of a standard email I use for copyright infringement reports, they wrote back asking if I would like to make a deal with them for digital distribution. Yeah right...
So I wrote back that I wasn't interested and urged them again to remove the material. They replied, asking me for proof that I own the copyrights.
Well oh well, I sent them documents to prove it and they finally removed the album. So it actually DID work, but it was a pain in the ass.
What really annoys me is that they charge for the material; if they provided it for free, fine, whatever. Also, if you look at the information on the site, they say for example:
"In accordance to the licenses' terms mp3bay.org Inc pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights"."
Why even bother to bring that up!? It's clearly just bullshit!
The reason why I'm posting this is that I thought some other people running labels here (if there are any) might find it interesting that their releases are most likely sold...SOLD on this site. Go to the site and make a search. Then feel free to go through all the trouble I had to just to get the stuff off the site. It's pointless, I know, but still...
Ok, I find it a bit annoying to see our releases available for download all over the web, especially when our sales are next to nothing nowadays, but what these clever little piss-ants have figured out is that they might as well charge for the stuff. And of course they are based in Russia so it's not much that can be done about it as far as I understand.
Anyway. After my first contact with them, in the form of a standard email I use for copyright infringement reports, they wrote back asking if I would like to make a deal with them for digital distribution. Yeah right...
So I wrote back that I wasn't interested and urged them again to remove the material. They replied, asking me for proof that I own the copyrights.
Well oh well, I sent them documents to prove it and they finally removed the album. So it actually DID work, but it was a pain in the ass.
What really annoys me is that they charge for the material; if they provided it for free, fine, whatever. Also, if you look at the information on the site, they say for example:
"In accordance to the licenses' terms mp3bay.org Inc pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights"."
Why even bother to bring that up!? It's clearly just bullshit!
The reason why I'm posting this is that I thought some other people running labels here (if there are any) might find it interesting that their releases are most likely sold...SOLD on this site. Go to the site and make a search. Then feel free to go through all the trouble I had to just to get the stuff off the site. It's pointless, I know, but still...
). I'd rather have a CD anyway because most of the mp3s on the net sound like shit and are ripped at stupidly low bit/sample rates. It fucking sucks that someone can go put all their time, effort and passion into making and recording music and then have their supposedly devoted, enthusiastic, loyal fans downloading it for free (or being illegitimately charged for it) from assholebay.com or wherever a week after its been released.
