I am the 99 percent...

[keithace]

(taken from reddit)



link : http://imgur.com/HK3ER

[Patch]

Bad, bad news...

Poor bugger.

[Xonetacular]

And now the RIAA is trying to fuck over the entire world again with PIPA/ACTA/whatever they are calling the current internet ruining fuck everyone over legislation of the week now.

I have zero sympathy for major labels or issue with people pirating from them (small labels and dance music I buy are a different story), the real criminals and thiefs are the major labels stealing everything they can from the artists and trying to fuck everyone over in their path.

[SpeshulEd]

and now the riaa is trying to fuck over the entire world again with pipa/acta/whatever they are calling the current internet ruining fuck everyone over legislation of the week now.

I have zero sympathy for major labels or issue with people pirating from them (small labels and dance music i buy are a different story), the real criminals and thiefs are the major labels stealing everything they can from the artists and trying to fuck everyone over in their path.

qft!

[photojojo]

Who is that?

[RockingClub]

OK... Poor news.

[DJDoubleYou]

Wgrr

[Xonetacular]

Who is that?

Lester Chambers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lester Chambers

[jimdrake]

It is always sad to hear stories like this.

But unfortunately (even if he didn't realise at the time) it is his own fault.

In US and UK and most other 'western' countries, someone who created or performed or recorded OWNS their work by default, without the need for any paperwork. And they can claim money for their work with very little cost and simple paperwork.

If someone else has taken income from his work this can ONLY happen if a signed agreement is made that he has given his rights away.

If he was pressured, or didn't know what he was signing, then that's bad but still his fault.

If nothing was signed then income may have been stolen from him, and it should be trivial to prove without the opposing party producing the document. During the process any costs can be claimed from the other side so it won't cost him anything.

[keithace]

you have to remember that this was the 60s...i am sure he couldn't afford an attorney to disect a recording contract...

i am sure the artist acted in good faith...

i am also sure the record company knew exactly what it was doing...

let's not paint it any other way...

Did you forget about the CD price fixing class action lawsuit?