Post by William J. Clinton on Sept 12, 2004 12:44:02 GMT -5
Grayson Brulte, the creator/webmaster of the Sharing The Groove website, gave an interview to the New York Times recently; Brulte said that the site is down for "redesign," and that he expects it to be up again "late next week."
Among other interesting points in the Times interview/article:
STG has about 200,000 users;
STG complies with requests from performers to remove recordings from the site, and has been asked to do so by the Allman Brothers (shows that band is considering for official release);
an entertainment law expert consulted by the Times believes that the RIAA (and its counterparts) are much less likely to target sites like STG and easytree for enforcement action than sites which circulate officially released material, and that in many cases music labels do not hold any copyrights in unreleased live performances;
however, if sites like STG and easytree are too regularly used as sources by commercial bootleggers, the sites are more likely to be targeted for enforcement; it is important for users to informally police trading, and, for example, report sellers of bit-torrented shows to Ebay.
The full article appeared in one of the Times' regional weeklies, and I haven't found the link yet.
Bill
Among other interesting points in the Times interview/article:
STG has about 200,000 users;
STG complies with requests from performers to remove recordings from the site, and has been asked to do so by the Allman Brothers (shows that band is considering for official release);
an entertainment law expert consulted by the Times believes that the RIAA (and its counterparts) are much less likely to target sites like STG and easytree for enforcement action than sites which circulate officially released material, and that in many cases music labels do not hold any copyrights in unreleased live performances;
however, if sites like STG and easytree are too regularly used as sources by commercial bootleggers, the sites are more likely to be targeted for enforcement; it is important for users to informally police trading, and, for example, report sellers of bit-torrented shows to Ebay.
The full article appeared in one of the Times' regional weeklies, and I haven't found the link yet.
Bill
