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Far-L · 07-12-2010, 01:01 PM

For the record...

The Grimms were folklorists and linguists that collected stories for academic purposes, so there are multiple versions of "Snow White", "Cinderella" etc. and in fact there are versions with evil mom instead of evil stepmother and they were and still are criticized for being not "child" appropriate. Disney was able to revise the stories because the source material was folk tales that were not copywritten.

There are plenty of examples of music drawn from folk material in the same way and musicians are able to copyright their arrangements and recorded versions but not the original lyrics and tune.

I think the problem with RK is that they didn't get mechanical licensing to use the music in the manner that they did.

And for the record... just because GG is providing legal counterpoint in support of a potential defense of RK doesn't have to piss anyone off. Healthy debate is good for really understanding the issues involved, imo.

07-12-2010, 01:01 PM
Far-L Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 6,065	Homegrown Video For the record... The Grimms were folklorists and linguists that collected stories for academic purposes, so there are multiple versions of "Snow White", "Cinderella" etc. and in fact there are versions with evil mom instead of evil stepmother and they were and still are criticized for being not "child" appropriate. Disney was able to revise the stories because the source material was folk tales that were not copywritten. There are plenty of examples of music drawn from folk material in the same way and musicians are able to copyright their arrangements and recorded versions but not the original lyrics and tune. I think the problem with RK is that they didn't get mechanical licensing to use the music in the manner that they did. And for the record... just because GG is providing legal counterpoint in support of a potential defense of RK doesn't have to piss anyone off. Healthy debate is good for really understanding the issues involved, imo. __________________ HomegrownCash.com, the affiliate program of Homegrown Video - The Largest Collection of Amateur XXX - Est. 1982. Contact - Email: farrell AT homegrownvideo D com Skype: hgfarl Newsweek Magazine - "Homegrown Video, the longest running series in the history of porn."