The Whining and Bitching Thread

[The Ozzman]

Fecesbook is by far the most socially conservative social media platform, all I did was post Nashville Pussy and it was flagged and my activity is now limited for a week or whatever.

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It's seriously ridiculous, man. It's why I mostly lurk these days and if I do post it's in like 3 or 4 groups where reporting is rare.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

i only just now noticed
youtube has my "why i film in portrait" video flagged as "this video may be inappropriate"
what the effing hell??
that's prolly my least-offensive video

 

[jimmy101]

Currently have a situation where a band I used to play in has released an album recently featuring music that I composed. I seem to have been credited for it, however, I was never consulted about having my material used for their music & had I been consulted I would have refused. Essentially I'm having my music bundled into this commercial release without my consent, anyone happen to know if I can do anything about this situation? From a legal standpoint or otherwise?

 

[CiG]

Beat them up.

 

[jimmy101]

Whilst that would be fun, I'm looking to just get my music removed from their album.

 

[Slammed]

Consult a lawyer with everything you have, don't rely on internet help. There is only a few Aussie's on this forum as it is you don't need someone from another country telling you what's legal somewhere else and making a dick of yourself by throwing around the wrong info from the outset. Find a lawyer that works in copyright and ask them, the worst it will cost you is a consultation fee. It's not worth fucking around with internet help.

 

[jimmy101]

Yeah cheers mate. I am gonna give Legal Aid a call today.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Pretty tricky situation if the album is already released. Is it fully hard copy released or just Bandcamp? Have you spoken to the band and told them you’re not happy? What Slammed said, consult a lawyer.

 

[Slammed]

Not sure how much help Legal Aid will be, I've never used them. They might well have someone with generic copyright knowledge that is enough or they should be able to recommend someone specific. Otherwise a do a search for melbourne music industry lawyers, they may even help you out enough on the phone without charging by giving you your options or the path to follow.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Get Slater & Gordon on the blower, STAT!

 

[Slammed]

Give Dennis Denuto a call

 

[The Ozzman]

Better call Saul

 

[jimmy101]

Not sure how much help Legal Aid will be, I've never used them. They might well have someone with generic copyright knowledge that is enough or they should be able to recommend someone specific. Otherwise a do a search for melbourne music industry lawyers, they may even help you out enough on the phone without charging by giving you your options or the path to follow.

Yeah, I see what you mean. They're not exactly specialists or anything. I'm on hold with them at the moment actually, so might just suss out what they have to say & then google search some specialist copyright lawyers. Best to gather as much info as possible.

 

[jimmy101]

Pretty tricky situation if the album is already released. Is it fully hard copy released or just Bandcamp? Have you spoken to the band and told them you’re not happy? What Slammed said, consult a lawyer.

Pretty sure it's just bandcamp right now, but from what I understand they plan to release physical copies. I have spoken to the band but our talks haven't really made any progress on the matter.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Currently have a situation where a band I used to play in has released an album recently featuring music that I composed. I seem to have been credited for it, however, I was never consulted about having my material used for their music & had I been consulted I would have refused. Essentially I'm having my music bundled into this commercial release without my consent, anyone happen to know if I can do anything about this situation? From a legal standpoint or otherwise?

Consult a lawyer with everything you have, don't rely on internet help. There is only a few Aussie's on this forum as it is you don't need someone from another country telling you what's legal somewhere else and making a dick of yourself by throwing around the wrong info from the outset. Find a lawyer that works in copyright and ask them, the worst it will cost you is a consultation fee. It's not worth fucking around with internet help.

 

[Bloopy]

Currently have a situation where a band I used to play in has released an album recently featuring music that I composed. I seem to have been credited for it, however, I was never consulted about having my material used for their music & had I been consulted I would have refused. Essentially I'm having my music bundled into this commercial release without my consent, anyone happen to know if I can do anything about this situation? From a legal standpoint or otherwise?

If the music you composed has been released before, they could obtain a compulsory licence to 'cover' it which applies to US websites like Bandcamp, but they would have to have gotten that in advance anyway. Put together evidence that you composed it along with your messages to them. Maybe make sure the Bandcamp page is in the Wayback Machine and then save that link. You could then contact Bandcamp directly to get it removed from there. For physical copies in Australia they'd arguably need something from APRA AMCOS, so you could ask them for advice.

 

[jimmy101]

Thanks Bloopy, that's really great advice mate. Do you have to be registered with the site to properly capture the site using the Wayback Machine? Or is it as simple as putting in the link into the "save page" field & then just copying the web address as it appears at the top of the screen. I'm not very computer savvy haha.

 

[Bloopy]

Put the link in and press the button, and if it's not already archived then use the "Save this url..." link and wait until it's finished and redirects you before you copy. I figure it's a useful thing to have proof that they did release it there.

Also worth clarifying that the type of US licence I mentioned doesn't apply to the major streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music etc. because they already have blanket licensing deals with copyright societies behind the scenes. If they released it to those I guess you might be shit out of luck, except that pointing out the Bandcamp transgression to the relevant distributor could work in your favour.

 

[jimmy101]

Thanks mate, I think I captured it properly. The machine seems to have logged my capture also.

Thankfully I believe it's just a band camp release at the moment, and I also have proof from them acknowledging that I wrote the music in question.

Fuck this is stressful

 

[Satanstoenail]

Thankfully I believe it's just a band camp release at the moment, and I also have proof from them acknowledging that I wrote the music in question.

If that's the case I reckon you'll be fine.