As a musician, I went though tons and tons of tape. In 1991, the Audio Home Recording Act enabled taxation of digital recording gear at 2% and blank media at 3%. The collected money got funneled back into the recording industry because, obviously you were pirating music. So, the simple act of recording my own music and honing my craft helped fund the big record companies, and, ultimately, the RIAA itself.
Today, I noticed youtube rolled out a new feature where the music you've used in your video is automatically attributed. Helpful links are also added to find and buy more of this artist's music. Unfortunately for me, in nearly all cases, the attribution is mistakenly assigned to someone else.
Some examples:
pareidolia falsely attributed to Foetus
feignroom falsely attributed to Just Live
where abundance lies falsely attributed to Johnny Trash
coalescence and luxation falsely attributed to T.I.M.E.
I'm understandably horked off about this. Most of my music I've licesned quite liberally with a creative commons 3.0 attribution license. Basically, I'm giving it away, including commercial use. The only thing you have to do, THE ONLY THING is get the damn attribution correct.
If you're a musician, you should check your videos, too. It seems to get music available for sale mostly correct, as reported by a number of people. This is because the algorhithm has something to match against. For example, they got Dissociative Fugue correct. However, if you're giving music away, bend over.
I'm sick of getting squeezed to death in the ongoing battle between big media conglomerates and piracy. Now, using RIAA tactics, what are the damages for such action? $80,000 per track, isn't it? Isn't the U.S. Government the intellectual property enforment arm of the entertainment industry? Where are my rights? Unleash the hounds!
