Not surprising. The entire legal framework around music is a disaster and harmful to both listeners and artists. The only people who win are lawyers and large corporations. The DMCA and its supporting system are a toxic waste of the industry.<p>That being said, I'm happy to see and article from Benn on HN. I'm a huge fan and his work as The Flashbulb as put out some of my favorite albums, with The Opus at the End of Everything being my all time favorite album from any genre or artist.<p>I hope that he sees resolution but I hold out little hope.
I had always wondered how iTunes and other digital music services go about verifying a musician's ownership of his or her songs when they're initially uploaded. If this article represents a pattern, the answer would be "blind trust" and zero due diligence.
> <i>So since the guy who runs “Foul Play” apparently printed out my cease and desist notice, rolled it into a tube, and smoked crack out of it, I’m going to assume that he won’t show up to court either</i><p>So the author saved himself the effort of filing a lawsuit? Part of me is annoyed at the retailers' indifference. But a greater part is glad that adjudication is left to our courts.
I have some issues with he pre-emptive enforcement that guy expects from all these different platforms. Just going around saying some other guy "put some bird sounds" over his song seems a very subjective judgment. Sure, in his case that might be the truth, but who is going to be the judge what is an original work and what not.<p>If the other guy really put just some bird sounds over his track and is now so massively successful - either the bird sounds were missing from making a so-so track into a successful song - or he should seriously review what is wrong with his way of promoting his music.
sounds a bit like some form of identity theft.<p>in any case, shouldn't he be suing the label selling his music? instead of all the stores they're selling it on?
This story appears to date from 2012:<p><a href="http://www.aux.tv/2012/10/electronic-artist-the-flashbulb-is-the-entire-music-industry/" rel="nofollow">http://www.aux.tv/2012/10/electronic-artist-the-flashbulb-is...</a>