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4LaneStudios · 01-05-2009, 10:17 PM

John, you’ll find a list of members of the Warner Music Group, if you make a visit to Wikipedia or click on the link. You’ll find your Reprise label is covered there, so it is just a matter of time before the Sinatra collection and anything owned by Reprise is also blocked due to copyright infringement. In fact, some may have been already. I have lost one of my own videos that was on the Asylum Records label.

But as this is the Lightfoot Forum, I’ll bring this back on topic. You have mentioned “the early stuff” many times, but as you are also aware, we are not in possession of a complete Lightfoot Library. Are you offering? The United Artists albums also contain songs that Warner holds the copyright to. Also, the purpose of this “opus” was to produce a vistory for each and every one of Lightfoot’s songs, not just what doesn’t belong to Warner. I’m sure TJ and oTJ will agree with me in that it is still our intention to do so.

Since you brought it up, for your edification, the StonewallStudios channel was originally removed in the pre-Google/YouTube days, when infringements weren’t “blocked”, but instead, after three, the channel was closed. The talent with which the three offending vistories and the others on that channel were produced garnered a noticeable following and the channel views soared, as is the case now on the Lightfoot channel with over 5,000 views daily. The songs of the three beautiful vistories that resulted in the closing of the channel were obviously not Warner-owned. The record label obviously didn’t consider it free advertising nor were they having their pockets lined by YouTube for each view.

The Lightfoot Tribute Channel exists because TJ sought to honour Gordon Lightfoot and share the amazing music with anyone who cared to watch/listen. Our sadness now is that it is being slowly taken away from old and new fans alike. Not everyone has a complete collection, nor the technology and know-how to have downloaded each of the 158 produced so far to stash in their own personal collection. We will complete this opus, with all the Warner-owned Lightfoot masterpieces, and with or without YouTube. ~~ Lynn

01-05-2009, 10:17 PM	#13
4LaneStudios Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 39	Re: This is my first post to Corfid John, you’ll find a list of members of the Warner Music Group, if you make a visit to Wikipedia or click on the link. You’ll find your Reprise label is covered there, so it is just a matter of time before the Sinatra collection and anything owned by Reprise is also blocked due to copyright infringement. In fact, some may have been already. I have lost one of my own videos that was on the Asylum Records label. But as this is the Lightfoot Forum, I’ll bring this back on topic. You have mentioned “the early stuff” many times, but as you are also aware, we are not in possession of a complete Lightfoot Library. Are you offering? The United Artists albums also contain songs that Warner holds the copyright to. Also, the purpose of this “opus” was to produce a vistory for each and every one of Lightfoot’s songs, not just what doesn’t belong to Warner. I’m sure TJ and oTJ will agree with me in that it is still our intention to do so. Since you brought it up, for your edification, the StonewallStudios channel was originally removed in the pre-Google/YouTube days, when infringements weren’t “blocked”, but instead, after three, the channel was closed. The talent with which the three offending vistories and the others on that channel were produced garnered a noticeable following and the channel views soared, as is the case now on the Lightfoot channel with over 5,000 views daily. The songs of the three beautiful vistories that resulted in the closing of the channel were obviously not Warner-owned. The record label obviously didn’t consider it free advertising nor were they having their pockets lined by YouTube for each view. The Lightfoot Tribute Channel exists because TJ sought to honour Gordon Lightfoot and share the amazing music with anyone who cared to watch/listen. Our sadness now is that it is being slowly taken away from old and new fans alike. Not everyone has a complete collection, nor the technology and know-how to have downloaded each of the 158 produced so far to stash in their own personal collection. We will complete this opus, with all the Warner-owned Lightfoot masterpieces, and with or without YouTube. ~~ Lynn