19 April 2005
Dear Sirs
The British Phonographic Industry Limited ("BPI") is a member of the Internet Enforcement Group (see www.ieg-uk.org) and the UK national group for the International Federation of Phonographic Industries ("IFPI"). Our members comprise over 300 record companies in the United Kingdom. Between them our members are responsible for the production or distribution of the vast majority of sound recordings sold and/or distributed legally within the United Kingdom. The BPI is also mandated to act on behalf of the members of Phonographic Performance Limited ("PPL") and the Association of Independent Music Limited ("AIM") and in this respect, to protect the rights in the sound recordings that are owned or controlled by members of PPL and AIM, as well those that are owned or controlled by BPI.
Part of our work involves monitoring the internet and taking action against persons that use, facilitate, enable and/or authorise the use of sound recordings in a manner that infringes the rights of the members of BPI, PPL and AIM.
We have identified a website that is available upon your internet service that enables access to a large number of infringing sound recordings. The site address is identified above.
The time and date when we accessed this site is detailed below.
Without limitation, examples of the sound recordings featured upon this site that are owned by or licensed to our members and/or the members of PPL and AIM are:
The Beatles - Taxman
The Jam - Start!
Beck - New Pollution
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Madonna - Ray Of Light
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
Portishead - Glory Box
The Beatles - Within You Without You
The Beatles - Only A Northern Song
The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning
The Beatles - Love You To
Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
The Beatles - Think For Yourself
The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere
Claudine Longet - Here, There & Everywhere
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Genesis - That's All
The Beatles - She Said She Said
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
The Beatles - Getting Better
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
The Byrds- Eight Miles High
The Who - I Can See For Miles
Deeelite - Groove Is In The Heart
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
Badly Drawn Boy - You Were Right
The Beatles - For No One
The Cure - Close To Me
The Beatles - Dr Robert
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
The Beatles - I Want to Tell You
Golldfrapp - Strict Machine
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
Glenn Miller - In The Mood
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Nancy Sinatra/John Barry - You Only Live Twice
All files were accessed at 19 April 2005, 12:43:59 BST.
The persons responsible for this website and its content are infringing copyright.
Section 23 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) ("the Act") provides that copyright is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner, possesses in the course of a business, sells or lets for hire or in the course of a business exhibits in public or distributes or distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright, an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is an infringing copy.
Section 16 of the Act details the acts that are restricted by copyright. Pursuant to this section, the owner of copyright has the exclusive right to copy a work, to issue copies of the work to the public, to broadcast the work or include it in a cable programme service and to make an adaptation of the work.
Section 101 of the Act provides that an exclusive licensee has the same rights and remedies as the copyright owner following the grant of such a licence.
You should be aware that copyright in a work is infringed by a person, who, without the licence or consent of the copyright owner, does or authorises another to do any of the acts restricted by the copyright.
We are therefore writing to you to request that you remove or block access to the website identified above. This may be accomplished most effectively by blocking access to the particular URL listed above.
You will of course be able to consult your own records to enable you to contact the owner of this particular domain. You will also, no doubt, wish to consider your terms and conditions of contract with your customer. For our part, we can confirm that it is the BPI's good faith belief that the use of the material detailed above, in the manner complained of, is not authorised by the copyright owner or exclusive licensee.
The information contained within this notification is accurate and we are authorised to act on behalf of the above identified owners of copyright.
We must ask for your response to this letter within 48 hours of the date hereof. In the meantime, all of the rights of the BPI and of our members are expressly reserved.
We look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully
BPI Anti Piracy Unit
Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JA
Want to respond? They're email is here: antipiracy@bpi.co.uk
Dear Sirs
The British Phonographic Industry Limited ("BPI") is a member of the Internet Enforcement Group (see www.ieg-uk.org) and the UK national group for the International Federation of Phonographic Industries ("IFPI"). Our members comprise over 300 record companies in the United Kingdom. Between them our members are responsible for the production or distribution of the vast majority of sound recordings sold and/or distributed legally within the United Kingdom. The BPI is also mandated to act on behalf of the members of Phonographic Performance Limited ("PPL") and the Association of Independent Music Limited ("AIM") and in this respect, to protect the rights in the sound recordings that are owned or controlled by members of PPL and AIM, as well those that are owned or controlled by BPI.
Part of our work involves monitoring the internet and taking action against persons that use, facilitate, enable and/or authorise the use of sound recordings in a manner that infringes the rights of the members of BPI, PPL and AIM.
We have identified a website that is available upon your internet service that enables access to a large number of infringing sound recordings. The site address is identified above.
The time and date when we accessed this site is detailed below.
Without limitation, examples of the sound recordings featured upon this site that are owned by or licensed to our members and/or the members of PPL and AIM are:
The Beatles - Taxman
The Jam - Start!
Beck - New Pollution
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Madonna - Ray Of Light
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
Portishead - Glory Box
The Beatles - Within You Without You
The Beatles - Only A Northern Song
The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning
The Beatles - Love You To
Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
The Beatles - Think For Yourself
The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere
Claudine Longet - Here, There & Everywhere
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Genesis - That's All
The Beatles - She Said She Said
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
The Beatles - Getting Better
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
The Byrds- Eight Miles High
The Who - I Can See For Miles
Deeelite - Groove Is In The Heart
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
Badly Drawn Boy - You Were Right
The Beatles - For No One
The Cure - Close To Me
The Beatles - Dr Robert
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
The Beatles - I Want to Tell You
Golldfrapp - Strict Machine
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
Glenn Miller - In The Mood
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Nancy Sinatra/John Barry - You Only Live Twice
All files were accessed at 19 April 2005, 12:43:59 BST.
The persons responsible for this website and its content are infringing copyright.
Section 23 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) ("the Act") provides that copyright is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner, possesses in the course of a business, sells or lets for hire or in the course of a business exhibits in public or distributes or distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright, an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is an infringing copy.
Section 16 of the Act details the acts that are restricted by copyright. Pursuant to this section, the owner of copyright has the exclusive right to copy a work, to issue copies of the work to the public, to broadcast the work or include it in a cable programme service and to make an adaptation of the work.
Section 101 of the Act provides that an exclusive licensee has the same rights and remedies as the copyright owner following the grant of such a licence.
You should be aware that copyright in a work is infringed by a person, who, without the licence or consent of the copyright owner, does or authorises another to do any of the acts restricted by the copyright.
We are therefore writing to you to request that you remove or block access to the website identified above. This may be accomplished most effectively by blocking access to the particular URL listed above.
You will of course be able to consult your own records to enable you to contact the owner of this particular domain. You will also, no doubt, wish to consider your terms and conditions of contract with your customer. For our part, we can confirm that it is the BPI's good faith belief that the use of the material detailed above, in the manner complained of, is not authorised by the copyright owner or exclusive licensee.
The information contained within this notification is accurate and we are authorised to act on behalf of the above identified owners of copyright.
We must ask for your response to this letter within 48 hours of the date hereof. In the meantime, all of the rights of the BPI and of our members are expressly reserved.
We look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully
BPI Anti Piracy Unit
Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JA
Want to respond? They're email is here: antipiracy@bpi.co.uk
7 Comments:
how annoying. you made these songs new again. how does this impact their profit margins? would i not buy "8 miles high" because it was included in this mash-up? DUMB.
the greed of the record industry and its cohorts never fail to rear their ugly heads....bravo to someone with imagination...keep on mashin' !!
Very sad. I thought this would be covered under "fair use" but then again... I do remember rappers' samples being limited in length.
at least the torrent still works...
antipiracy@bpi.co.uk
sent!
these people that are "protecting copyrights" are scum...
keep up the good work!
Aw, does a big corporation need a hug? There there, everything will be ok. . .
Come on Guys... This is blatant and elementary infringment of the copyright laws. All musicians 'borrow' from popular material, but it's all about how much you borrow. If you're going to cover a whole number then you need to get permission - plain and simple. This is nothing to do with greed, it's about protecting the rights of performers and the good of the music industry in general.
How healthy would an industry be if there was no charge for the products created by it - it would collapse. The entertainment industry is attacked on all sides by copyright infringement - I think it's perfectly reasonable for the representatives of the artists to write a nice letter. In reality this is a blatant breaking of the copyright law. In effect they are quite in their right to press charges.
Phil
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