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| quote: | Originally posted by Scottaculous
Yeah man... Paul van Dyk feat Second Sun - Crush for instance. That should really be Second Sun - Crush (Paul van Dyk mix). Or his track "Spellbound" is really Second Sun - Change's melody with a PvD twist and Jan's vocals. Always copyright stuff before sending to labels so you get the full credit you deserve. |
that sucks... and I wonder why he only ripped second sun... and not anybody else. or maybe Second Sun sold it to Paul who knows... I mean you'd wonder why he would rip the same artist if he could get away with it... I think they could have sold the rights to their tracks to Paul, or signed a contract with tricky wording.
At least with Messages, what was done was kosher tho... it's originaly Solange's tune and the 10 year contract hadn't expired so I really had no right to cover it, the only problem is that Scully (Solange) said I could cover it... but he didn't know until he re-read his contract.
Although it's a stupid rule, why he doesn't put remixer names on it... like I bet that Filo and Peri - Closer Now remix he played was the whiteroom mix, because that's the one all the DJs play.. so if anything, I'm not alone. I strongly disagree with the rule, since remixing can sometimes be just as painful and time-consuming as writing an original track. I mean remixing you're giving an existing track your own flavor, so you should be credited, but there's still nothing I can do about that. I would have to round up every remixer that's on that album to agree what Paul did was wrong, and to take legal action because I'm not going solo on that one, and I'm not crazy about Messages to do that anyway. I'll let this one go, but next time I will keep my eyes on Paul. Plus if it's a general rule and the artists agree on it, then seriously what can I do about it? Absolutely nothing... just make sure that one my original tracks end up on the next POD.
Plus you've also got to read the contracts.. Second Sun may have misread it... it probably said that PvD had all the rights to alter their work and use it in his songs. Even if your song is copyrighted, you sign a contract that says something like that, you're still screwed.
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Last edited by gerrycueto on Jul-26-2005 at 18:24
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I don't think it belongs whatsoever...
