Chazography

I thought the Motion Picture Ass. of America was bad enough, but apparently, the music industry isn’t satisfied with their efforts to sue suspected online music distributors for exorbitant amounts of money. Now there’s a new game in town, The Music Publisher’s Ass.. They represent the sheet music companies, and they’re taking issue with the fact that individuals can look up song lyrics and musical scores online. In their own “special” little world, this is some new form of copyright infringement, and the Ass. President Lauren Keiser doesn’t just want to fine people but throw them in jail. What a bitch! Oh wait, he’s a dude. What a girlie-bitch man! Initially, this Ass. will be targeting bigger sites, and that probably means all those lyric and music sites that appear highly ranked on Google.

However, I just don’t get it. Most of those sites are run by user-contributed content (i.e., people listened to the music and contributed the lyrics/composition). So if you’ve figured out the musical score or lyrics to a song, forget about sharing them with anyone. You’ll be infringing someone’s copyrights somehow, and Lauren Keiser will want to throw you in jail because he’s a giant deutsche. Apparently, prehistoric businesses that are based on extremely outdated business models are terrified of the Internet and think Fair Use isn’t really that important. I hope that people see just how stupid a lot of this new litigation is and decide to boycott these companies. Afterall, they only care about making money, and if they’re income disappears, they’ll have to start taking note of the consumer’s dissatisfaction.

I think it’s time that I start developing a ray gun so I can zap these “turdcicles” into oblivion. Why can’t these companies understand that the economic landscape is changing, and they’re actually going to have to make changes in order to remain competitive. Instead, they feel the need to sue the consumer and outlaw beneficial new technology. Uggh, they just make me so mad. I really hope all the lawsuits brought about by the Music Publisher’s Ass. are thrown out of court. They really should be. I guess only time will tell.