I have no doubt that the whole copyright debacle will continue until it reaches critical mass and the government can’t ignore the problem any longer, probably within the next ten to fifteen years. Keep fighting the good fight until then everybody! Laws are meant to govern everyone fairly, not cater to a small collective group, giving them a monopoly for eternity.

who doesn’t love a bit of irony now and again?

1. “Guns ‘N Roses” has been defunct for years. Axl was in his reclusive phase since the early 90s, and the “chinese democracy” thing was little more than the musical equivalent of “vaporware” — he kept mentioning it every few years, but never seemed to get anything done.

2. He should be kissing “Skwer’s” ass, rather than suing him: I mean, how hard-core of a fan do you have to be to wait around for fifteen years, and actually take the modern equivalent of Howard Hughes’ hobby-project seriously enough to put it on your blog?
Axl Rose has been a near total recluse for more than twenty years, and NOW he wants to re-emerge and have people be interested?

Narcissistic celebrity asshole deserves what he gets: I personally think it’s fun to watch “rights-holders” bitchslap each other over petty nonsense, thus discrediting their precious monopoly privileges even FURTHER than they already are.

Otherwise, nobody gives a shit, Axl: get over yourself.

They can keep the rose and we take the guns.

We need it to deal with the Chinese democracy and the entertainment parasites.

“This song, when the tempo is changed, key is changed, modes used are changed, change the Dom7 to Dim7, change the feel from 12/8 to 4/4, sounds like our song, we’re suing you! You have 5 notes in a row that match our melody and you play them more than once! Give us 85% of the royalties.”

You know what? Good music borrows from other good music, taking ideas further, that’s what happens! That’s how music evolves! Get over it and stop suing or there will be nothing created for fear of lawsuits!