The Beatles vs Metallica

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Ok, what do you think of this- a band that does beatle parody's in Metallica style?

Beatles-Metallica Parody Band Forced Offline

Note, songs are on the web site.

15, 2005 · A Milwaukee-based parody band known for Metallica-infused covers of Beatles' songs has been accused of violating copyright laws.

After posting songs from their catalog online, the band received a cease-and-desist letter from Sony/ATV Music Publishing demanding that they take down their Web site and pay unspecified damages. The band had gained a large Internet following for songs like "I Want to Choke Your Band" and "Leper Madonna."

While Beatallica considers its legal options, its site remains offline. But thousands of fans -- including Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich -- are rallying behind the band. Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin reports.
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Here's the things- the record and movie companies can use copyright laws to squelsh new ideas from ever coming out unless they get a piece of the profit.

I say fuck Sony. This is an abuse of their market power to limit individual creativity, and contradicts what intellectual property should be about.

For more bizarre musical mixes-
DJ's 'Grey Album' Spurs Dispute
Weekend Edition - Saturday, February 28, 2004 · DJ Dangermouse (Brian Burton) took vocals from rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album, mixed them with instrumentals from The Beatles (known to all as "The White Album" -- and came up with The Grey Album. It wasn't made for commercial release, but the mixes got Internet play. EMI -- the label controlling Beatles music -- took legal action and Web sites recently mounted a protest. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.
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DJ's 'Grey Album' Spurs Dispute

Should anyone really have any rights to the Beatles? I mean, half of them are dead and the rest should be.
 
Psychotic Nutcase said:
LOL, barbie would kill godzilla. I like metallica alot better than the beatles, hippies just don't appeal to me
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Congratulations, you're an idiot.

Also, this is pretty sad. Fuck Sony, seriously. Next thing you know they're going to be suing high school cover bands that win talent shows.
 
I've heard that a company has to pursue any and all possible copyright violations or else they risk setting precedent and/or losing the copyright - is there any truth to this? Ironically, I think that Metallica used that very defense to justify the whole Napster fiasco.

Either way, it sucks that they're doing this to them - Beatallica is awesome. The only way they could lose this case is if they don't have the money to pursue it, since it's pretty well established that parody and satire fall under a different set of rules.

BTW, anyone remember The Rutles? Any beatles fan should check them out.
 
Actually there is a notion that intellectual property must be enforced.

But there is also a rule against frivilous lawsuits.

Really, Sony could cut a deal out of this.

When I find myself in times of trouble

Hybrid children come to me

Pray for father roaming—roaming free

And in my hour of darkness

It is standing right in front of me

He is the thing that should not let it be

Let it be, let it be

Hybrid children watch the sea

He is the thing that should not let it be

Crawling chaos underground people

Living in the world agree

The wretch is fearless with insanity

And though he has been sleeping

There is still a chance that he will see

That this thing should not let it be

Not dead which eternal lie

With stranger eons death may die

These are words of wisdom—let it be

I wake up to the sound of music

Let the metal come to me

Death to the one that will not let it be
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Hehehehe

Note Cthulhu references.
 
Psychotic Nutcase said:
LOL, barbie would kill godzilla. I like metallica alot better than the beatles, hippies just don't appeal to me
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your nuts, beatles rock!
And just because I hacky sack does not make me a hippy, even though i have poofy hair.
 
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