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   enjaysee (profile), Sep 24th, 2009 @ 11:15pm

   
   

   Don't know about any other reality tv show, but in Aussie Big Brother housemates were not allowed to sing songs unless they created a song inside the house to sing. If one ever did find himself singing something, it'd usually get censored. I think it'd been like that from the second season onwards.

    

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   Big Al, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 12:22am

   
   

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   That's right up there with music shops having to have performing licences in case someone trying out an instrument happens to play something recognisable...

    

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   scarr (profile), Sep 25th, 2009 @ 1:59am

   
   

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   "NO STAIRWAY"

    

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   lulz, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 4:32am

   
   

   Careful singing along... that'll be next.
   
   /facepalm

    

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   Enrico Suarve, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 4:57am

   
   

   I may be a little early but...

   Happy Birthday to Mike,
   Happy Birthday to Mike,
   Happy Biiiiiirthdaaaaaay Mr Masnick,
   Haap-py Birthday to Mike

    

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   harknell, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 5:07am

   
   

   Uh, "singing along" is already sorta being looked at

   Uh guys, did you hear about the desire to have mobile ring tones listed as a "public performance" by the RIAA? Singing along IS considered by them as a license situation in that context.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 5:25am

   
   

   @harknell

   You think that is absurd?
   How about technology that will monitor how you use your devices and will charge you accordingly?
   
   That is what some patents filled by sony and others do. They monitor how you transmit data inside your home and will charge you an "extra" for the privilege to see kummar on your bedroom.
   
   And that is why consumers should change habits and start paying attention to what they get, if it is not under a liberal license don't use it.

    

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   Krubuntu (profile), Sep 25th, 2009 @ 5:48am

   
   

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   Dang! You beat me to it! "NO STAIRWAY" LMAO

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 6:13am

   
   

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   Denied!

    

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 6:34am

    
    

    Do what they do.

    In the other article the guy said that performers change a word and get to collect a third of all proceedings LoL
    
    If people change a single word in the lyrics could they not assert some level of ownership on those?
    
    The guy who argued that made it sound like is a common practice inside the music industry :p

     

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    Marcel de Jong (profile), Sep 25th, 2009 @ 6:49am

    
    

    Re: I may be a little early but...

    From the Techdirt Crystal Ball:
    "Warner Music Has Court Order Techdirt To Reveal Anonymous singer"
    
    :)

     

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    Raybone (profile), Sep 25th, 2009 @ 7:01am

    
    

    Absolute Bullshit

    really...I cant believe people kowtow so easily to these assholes. excuse my lang. but this pisses me off. I cant tell you how many times as a performer Ive looked up lyrics to toss a cool cover in my original sets, which gets the writer paid via licenses charged to the venues I play. Why make it hard? Do they want me to sing the wrong fukin words if i cant understand the original recording? Can they even collect for that? Costing THEM more?
    
    This is America goddamit..Am i the only one left with a pair?

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 25th, 2009 @ 11:05am

    
    

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    "Careful singing along... that'll be next."
    
    I realize that's kind of tongue-in-cheek, but it's just oh so likely that it's really not funny. =(

     

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    another mike (profile), Sep 25th, 2009 @ 1:09pm

    
    

    karaoke

    You have no idea how embarrassing it is to request a song at the karaoke bar and not know the lyrics ahead of time. Or not being able to request the song you want because the radio stations don't identify the songs they play anymore. You never hear the title or artist so if you can't search by lyrics you're stuck. These sites are a FSM-send.

     

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    wvhillbilly (profile), Sep 25th, 2009 @ 7:50pm

    
    

    Re: @harknell

    You think that is absurd? How about technology that will monitor how you use your devices and will charge you accordingly?

    For that very reason I try as much as possible to listen only to public domain music. I have a sizeable collection of Edison cylinder record MP3s downloaded from UCSB's library which I play occasionally. Most of this stuff RIAA makes such a hullabaloo over isn't worth listening to anyway. But...any guesses how long before the RIAA succeeds in recapturing copyright on the entire public domain??

    It's all about greed, I say.

     

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