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  • From: Carrie McLaren <carrie AT stayfreemagazine.org>
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  • Subject: Stay Free! | March 7
  • Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 22:24:55 -0500

Title: Stay Free! | March 7
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SONY SENDS LEGAL THREATS TO ILLEGAL ART ISP

If there's anything more mind-numbing than dealing with legal threats it's writing about them, so I'll keep this short: Capitol/EMI seems to have backed off on its threats to sue us (and others that have posted DJ Danger Mouse's Grey Album) but now Sony has stepped forward with threats of its own. There are, after all, two sets of copyright for every music recording: rights to the composition and rights to the master recording. EMI owns the rights to the master recording of the Beatles' White Album (which the Grey Album samples) but Sony owns the compositions. This past week, lawyers at Sony/ATM told our internet service provider (ISP) to take down the Grey Album recordings from the Illegal Art Exhibit site or risk legal action. Our ISP complied, but we're now happy to report that we've moved the site to another web host. The Grey Album is once again now available, along with other "infringing" works, at http://www.illegal-art.org. Thanks to our ace legal team (EFF, Kurt Opsahl, and Kohel Haver)  and the Online Policy Group for helping get us back up.



MEANWHILE,  HAPPIER LEGAL NEWS...

Stay Free! just received a contract asking us to approve the use of Stay Free! issue #21 as set dressing for an upcoming Hollywood production... which means that at some point during The Jacket (starring Adrien Brody, Kris Kristofferson, and Jennifer Jason Leigh), a copy of Stay Free! may appear. The fact that companies feel they have to clear every copyrighted or trademarked item that appears on screen is problematic but, hey, I've always wanted to be a product placement.



INTERVIEW WITH CARRIE McLAREN OF STAY FREE!

http://www.crimewaveusa.com/pages/articlepages/stayfree.html
(I did this a year ago but it's still mostly relevant. >From the fine zine Crimewave USA. )



UPCOMING NYC EVENTS

Saturday, March 13, 10:30 pm - Stay Free! is sponsoring a screening of Wizard People and Harry Potter Parking Lot at the New York Underground Film Festival. Hope to see you there! Anthology Film Archives, 2nd Ave. at 2nd Street.

Wizard People: Brad Neely took the first Harry Potter movie, cut out the sound, added his own narration and -- voila! -- Wizard People. Apparently, the home-made mutation was so hilarious that NYUFF folks leapt at the chance to show it. As I have yet to see it, I'll take their word for it.

Harry Potter Parking Lot is another installment in Jeff Krulick's "Parking Lot" series, this time documenting mega-fans waiting in line to meet author JK Rowling. Memo to non-New Yorkers: you can watch this short online.

Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14,  Socialist Scholars Conference at Cooper Union. Stay Free! will be tabling on both days.



-- 
Carrie McLaren
Editor, Stay Free!
www.stayfreemagazine.org
www.illegal-art.org
718.398.9324


  • Stay Free! | March 7, Carrie McLaren, 03/07/2004

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