ASCAP Starts To Act Like the RIAA

Posted by kdawson on Friday May 15, 2009 @03:41AM 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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Re:Soap box, ballot box, and jury box have failed. by MarkvW · 2009-05-15 04:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:Paging Ray Beckerman by gringofrijolero · 2009-05-15 04:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You know, there are other issues that can occupy a person's time.

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