Artist Not Allowed To Stream His Own Music

the_arrow writes "Scottish artist Edwyn Collins wanted to stream one of his own songs on MySpace, but it seems that copyright misunderstandings make him unable to do so. According to the article, 'Management for the former Orange Juice frontman have been unable to convince the website that they own the rights to A Girl Like You, despite the fact that they, er, do.' Collins said, 'I found a nice lawyer guy at Warners, very apologetic, promised to get it sorted, but all these months later it isn't.' His wife added, 'MySpace are not equipped to deal with the notion that anyone other than a major [label] can claim a copyright.'"

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Re:Required by Law

[Lord Kano]

I must disagree with you. Corporations have always been persons. The word incorporate implies that. A person is merely a legal entity. If your neighbor's dog bites you, you can't sue your neighbor's dog, because the dog's not a person. You have to sue your neighbor.

Personhood is what obliges corporations to obey the law and by extension why they have rights.

LK