Vithur bhai, pls don't stop sharing the BGM. If you read kaissiom email carefully, I think he's saying it's ok toshare BGMs but not vocals.
hey kaissiom, thanks for giving us the BGMs and taking it away from us. I was thinking do you mind if I ask you wat u do for a living... because ur emails are always long and serious. I have a solution to this dilemma: BAN kaissiom from posting anything on this group... and everything will return to normal. --- In [email protected], "kaissiom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Aravind, > > Now you feel the dilemma I have been facing for at least a year or > two... ever since I heard my BGM on Radio. I have numerous BGMs and > other High Quality rips from DVDs that I can't share :( > > The fact is... we trust our brothers and sisters on this group here. > We are all here for the same purpose... to share and celebrate Rahman. > And it is with this spirit that we share these rare and generally > unavailable bits and pieces. But once we share something in the > public space like this group, whatever we share becomes available to > the public, who doesn't necessarily have to be a true, devoted, > dedicated Rahman fan. > > You can not imagine the pain I felt when I heard my BGM on the Radio. > And I knew it was my BGM because it was edited.. I had edited it. I > felt like I had somehow betrayed Rahman... his hard work. That's when > I made the conscious decision to stop sharing BGMs.. it was right > after RDB bgms. > > Anyhow... I would definitely like to point out one major thing... > namely the difference between a)BGMs and b)Vocals from DVD > > I'm not aware of the copyright laws about the soundtrack on DVDs, but > it would be great if someone(Amith Chandran?) could shed some light on > that. But please notice the difference between the above mentioned > musical bits from DVD: > > a)BGM (Background Music) bits: > 1. Available commercially: NO.. unless released as a soundtrack like > some of the tracks in BOSE. > 2. Rights owned by: Producer/Composer, don't know? > 3. Violations of copyright laws: Maybe, don't know? > > b)Vocals (extracted from DVD): > 1. Available commercially: YES.. in the form of original CD. We are > extracting the music(vocals) from the DVD, but the same exact music is > available in the commercial form in original CD. Commercial here > implies money can be made from it. And technically it shouldn't > matter if you extract vocals from a CD or a DVD... because it's the > same song and the same vocals. Therefore, you are tampering with a > commercially available product.. which definitely implies violation of > copyright laws. > 2. Rights owned by: same right-holders as the original CD > 3. Violated of copyright: Definitely YES. > > Therefore, to conclude, we must note the obvious difference between > just a BGM(not commercially available) vs. Vocals(Commercially > available in form of CD). > > The copyright laws regarding BGMs are not very clear and may not be > very well defined in the legal system.. it may be something like... > "All rights of the DVD are owned by the producer"? But we can still > argue that BGMs are by themselves not available to the public in > commercial form. If there is demand for it then maybe these > producers/composers should start making BGMs commercially available... > that way we don't have to go through the process of ripping and > sharing these BGMS. It could be a market they are overlooking and > while they do something about it, we are filling up the void for the > die-hard fans and that too for "free". The "free" part is a big deal > because nobody is making money from these BGMs and that is what it > boils down to.. how much money did the copyright holders lose? > > On the other hand, copyright laws of Audio CD are very well defined. > Either the Record Company owns it(most of the times) or the producer > owns it or the composer owns it or they own it partially( Rahman is > working on it). > I believe full length vocals of any song should not be shared..for the > very same reason we do not share full length audio songs from Rahman's > CDs. > > Rahman is an excellent corporate citizen and he is our role model. We > should learn from him and follow him in his ideals as true fans. We > as a group and as true Rahman fans are against piracy and plagiarism. > Not just Rahman's... please buy original CDs and DVDs of all the > Artists you like! > > Make Rahman Proud, > Wasim. > > --- In [email protected], Aravind AM <aravind_am@> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have extracted voice only tracks of songs in Taal and Dil-Se... > But, now I'm having second thoughts on uploading it to the group. > > > > After seeing this series of mails on whether or not sharing this > mail, I'm now thoroughly confused. On reading kaissiom's mail, I > could truly empathise with his argument. Whatever he has mentioned in > his mail makes a lot of sense, and he is totally justified! > > > > Now, I'm torn between the two - joy of sharing and > ethics/copyright issues. > > > > Gopal and Vijay, It would be great if you could give your views on > the same!! > > > > > > Aravind > > > > > > > > > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com > > > > Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com > > > > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to > http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ > > >
