[Rumori] Music on Wal-Mart.com

[SM King]

Thanks....I'll see how far I get having it removed from wal-mart's site and keep you posted.

Yes, it was Seeland. I thought it may be a Mordam thing, but they haven't had any stock for years as far as I know. I can't remember signing off on any digital rights - the album came out before downloading was common.

The whole thing is quite ironic I know, given the nature of our output...if we're not going to ask permission, why should anyone else? 

I just wish it wasn't union bustin' bully-boy Wal-Mart !!!!

OUCH!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: das 
  To: Detritus discussion list. ; Tom Koch Koch 
  Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rumori] Music on Wal-Mart.com


  we've come across this a lot.
  and if the company does get back to you regarding their infringment, its usually with a list of things YOU must do (or get a lawyer)
  before they will comply


  i even heard back from a rhapsody rep that if we don't register with bmi'ascap that they could do anything that they want with our music.
  he never wrote back when i asked if the action of loading my disc into a cd tray and uploading it to their server meant premeditation. hmmmmmm


  das
  das at ubuibi.org
  bigCityOrchestre web: http://ubuibi.org

  no other radio network: http://nootherradio.blogspot.com






  On Mar 8, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Susan M. King wrote:

  I just blogged this on our temporary residence blog at http://blog.myspace.com/antediluvianrockinghorse  
  (We're squatting at News Corp.'s MySpace, while we rebuild our site), and thought someone on this list might have some insight....


  Wal-Mart.com is selling our music. How does this happen?

  http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/catalog/servlet/ArtistServlet?id=39423

  If they actually SOLD any, and I wouldn't expect we'd be a huge revenue spinner for them, where does this money go? I never signed up for THIS. I don't care if our stuff is given away FREE -downloaded-uploaded-toploaded, but I'm freaking disgusted that Wal-Mart is potentially making ANY money off our work. Has anyone had experience with this?






















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