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p2p news / p2pnet: Ex-Ink & Dagger drummer Ryan McLaughlin claims Bill and the Boyz included three of the rock band’s songs in the "Amped" snowboarding video game for the Xbox console.
Now he’s suing Microsoft for copyright-infringement, saying he’s "outraged" that his " artistic integrity" had been "so brazenly violated," according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Microsoft spokesman Jack Evans said the company is reviewing the situation. "Microsoft respects intellectual-property rights and enters into licensing agreements for music and media in our games and other products," Evans said
But, it’s taken McLaughlin, nearly four years "to get his lawsuit in order," Joystiq points out.
Although McLaughlin is accusing Microsoft of using the songs in Amped, released November 19, 2001, without a proper licensing agreement, "he didn’t copyright his music until this past June".
"Something just doesn’t add up," adds Joystiq.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Microsoft’s Artistic Integrity, October 31, 2005
Joystiq - Ex-rocker sues Microsoft, October 31, 2005
November 1st, 2005 at 2:01 pm
What a joke. I get reports of successful infringement cases against Microsoft almost every day, many in the tens or hundreds of millions of US dollars in dammage.
“The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Microsoft’s appeal in a lawsuit that has resulted in a preliminary jury verdict of more than $500 million for alleged patent infringement in Internet Explorer.”
http://news.com.com/2100-1047_3-5923978.html
November 1st, 2005 at 7:57 pm
> Although McLaughlin is accusing Microsoft of using the songs in
> Amped, released November 19, 2001, without a proper licensing
> agreement, “he didn’t copyright his music until this past June”.
Wait a minute! I thought people were automatically granted copyrights unless they explicitly waved them. Do they mean that the copyright was not *registered* until this past june?
November 2nd, 2005 at 3:30 am
Error on legal point. Music is copyrighted when it satisfies three requirements: It is Original, recorded in a Tangible Medium, and Published in supply sufficient to satisfy reasonable demand. REGISTRATION of the Copyright is not required for the Copyright to be established. However, to sue for infringement required registration. Further, the Copyright Office takes a long time to issue a record of Registration, even though it is effective when they receive it. The anthrax thing really backlogged them, and I’m not kidding. To read more on this topic, visit the official Copyright.gov website, or www.copyrightsrus.com, where I found this information.
November 2nd, 2005 at 8:43 pm
4 letters hun…
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