https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:44:28 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94155 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 05:48:19 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion DaveC https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94155 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94063 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:21:43 +0000
Although you or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title and interest in Content that you post to any AIM Product, AOL owns all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses. This paragraph has generated a whole lot of flak for AOL, and they're changing it to address the copyright and privacy concerns. Seems a lawyer got a bit overzealous....

here's a link . . . http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1776146,00.asp]]> Guitar Players Discussion Moonrider https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94063 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94019 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:25:21 +0000
If you own the copyright in conjuction with another party, you may or may not have assignment rights.

Copyright law is not simple, except in simple cases. Add in contract law and it gets real muddy real fast.

In the case most of us would find ourselves in -- we are working as the primary author on an original work with no contractual burdens, then we'd have the right of assignment. So when we send it to our collaborator over AIM, AOL now owns the work.

Long story short -- don't use AIM. :)]]> Guitar Players Discussion kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94019 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94016 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:08:16 +0000
I'm not getting this... You can have the legal right to assign it without owning it?!??]]> Guitar Players Discussion undercat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-94016 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93969 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:24:16 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Taso https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93969 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93945 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 01:14:06 +0000
It doesn't matter if you own the copyright, what matters is if you have the legal right to assign the copyright. As the producer of the content, you most often will have that right. So what you're saying is that if I send some U2 lyrics over AIM, no harm, but if Bono does, then AOL owns the song, even though U2 may have sold 6 billion copies of an album containing those lyrics?]]> Guitar Players Discussion undercat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93945 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93903 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:47:28 +0000
It doesn't matter if you own the copyright, what matters is if you have the legal right to assign the copyright. As the producer of the content, you most often will have that right.]]> Guitar Players Discussion kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93903 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93900 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:32:07 +0000
And, as a private space (as ntoed above), they retain the right to assist the authorities pursuing illegal activities. Conversely, many ISPs insist that they must protect the privacy of their accounts. The RIAA has been fighting through that mess (not to start that discussion).

I'm guessing at some of this.

"Often in error, never in doubt!"

-Laz]]> Guitar Players Discussion Dan Lasley https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93900 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93875 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:56:04 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93875 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93873 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:51:31 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Crank-N-Jam https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-not-to-send-lyrics/paged/2/#post-93873