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ASCAP Starts To Act Like the RIAA

Posted by kdawson on from the rebrand-as-ashattery dept.

Scott Lockwood writes "Below Average Dave, a Dr. Demento style parody artist, has been shut down by the ASCAP. This collective, acting as badly as the RIAA, is now attempting to ignore the 2 Live Crew Supreme Court decision that parodies are new derivative works. Just like the RIAA, ASCAP seems intent on misrepresents the law. If you know anyone who can help BA Dave in his plight, please contact him." This artist doesn't have the resources to fight the ASCAP, even though the law is pretty clearly on his side. Anyone at the EFF or the ACLU interested?

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  1. ASCAP? by bersl2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    More like "ASSHAT".

    1. Re:ASCAP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      ASSCRAP

    2. Re:ASCAP? by Kneo24 · · Score: 2, Funny

      If they keep going the route they're going, it will be more like ASSRAPE.

  2. Don't mess with the ASCAP by cortesoft · · Score: 3, Funny

    Once the animal rights people get involved, it's game over.

  3. Re:Soap box, ballot box, and jury box have failed. by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

    There is no other way out.

    I don't know, suicide worked pretty well for me - you should try it!

    --
    which is totally what she said
  4. Re:Soap box, ballot box, and jury box have failed. by Zashi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why boycott when I can "deprive" them of money through pirating?!

    But then they sue over that too. Loose Loose. I give up. They can have my money. I'm sad now.

    --
    Skiffy is Spiffy, but Ort is tort.
  5. Re:Soap box, ballot box, and jury box have failed. by cbs4385 · · Score: 2, Funny
    As a great man, whom I can't be assed enough look up, once said:

    any sufficiently advanced extortion racket is indinguisable from a government

  6. Re:Paging Ray Beckerman by MoldySpore · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you know anyone who can help BA Dave in his plight, please contact him.

    ...if you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe YOU can hire...The A-Team.

    --

    "I hope you know how very lucky you are to know me, because I am so incredibly incredible."

  7. Re:Soap box, ballot box, and jury box have failed. by perryizgr8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is no other way out.

    I don't know, suicide worked pretty well for me - you should try it!

    so you're telling me you created a highly advanced artificial intelligence to respond to /. articles before you killed yourself? and all that from your basement?
    and you did not make the code open source? shame!

    --
    Wealth is the gift that keeps on giving.