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Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk: Meet the Beatles... re-recording? Bluebeat claims its downloads are legal
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bluebeat apparently pleaded insanity in the beatles/emi case, claiming they were selling "psycho-acoustic simulations" http://bit.ly/ky3av 11 days ago |
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Psycho-acoustic simulation... WTF! -> Judge Halts Online Sale of Beatles Songs http://bit.ly/43qbkG 15 days ago |
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Something to make me laugh on a Friday afternoon: LOL at “psycho-acoustic simulation" http://bit.ly/ky3av 18 days ago |
Meet the Beatles... re-recording? Bluebeat claims its downloads are legal
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... According to Wired, Bluebeat is claiming - in a bizarre court document - that it has made "re-recordings" of the songs using "psycho-acoustic simulation". ...
BlueBeat's Claim That It Owns The Beatles Falls On Deaf Ears
paidContent —
... piracy of the most blatant kind” (the full plaintiff case is interesting in itself as an illustration of how a label sets out a prosecution).
And the judge agreed, granting a temporary restraining order that stops BlueBeat from selling the music, and noting: “(The) defendant cannot invalidate the copyright of an independent and preexisting sound recording, simply by incorporating that recording in to an audiovisual work”.
More at Epicenter and Copyrights & Campaigns
Case closed. BlueBeat ...
Bluebeat bootleg Beatles site uses 'psycho-acoustic simulation'
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
... A lawsuit has been issued by EMI, but the owners of Bluebeat, according to Wired, are claiming that the records have been re-recorded using 'psycho-acoustic simulation'. ...
Bluebeat stopped from selling almost all Beatles downloads
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... According to Wired.com, "a Los Angeles federal judge set aside arguments from Hank Risan, owner of BlueBeat and other companies named as defendants in the lawsuit EMI filed on Tuesday." ...
Bluebeat Claims It Owns Beatles Copyright By Re-recording Songs; Judge Disagrees
Techdirt —
... for $0.25. We noted that nowhere on the site did the company explain how it had the rights to do so, but in its response to the lawsuit filed by EMI, it explained its bizarre logic. ...
Steve Jobs Named 'CEO of the Decade,' China Stops Beating Web Addicts
Switched —
... , as a judge has ordered the site to immediately halt its sale of $0.25 Beatles songs. Seriously, Bluebeat. Quit cruelly and mercilessly taking money from the mouths of destitute and impoverished musicians. [From: Epicenter] ...
Judge Orders BlueBeat.com To Pull Down Beatles Songs, Other Music; The Psycho-Acoustic Simulation Defense
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily —
... As Wired.com reports, the judge was not impressed with the assertion of BlueBeat.com chief Hank Risan that he could legally sell these and other songs because he had re-recorded them with his special psycho-acoustic simulation process, whatever that is. It’s a magical mystery. The story notes that Risan now faces potentially millions in dollars in damages. ...
BlueBeat’s Innovative Defense That Will Never Hold Up in Court [Music]
Gizmodo —
... Hank Risan was ordered to pull The Beatles' catalog from the BlueBeat website this week, but those weren't the actual recordings. The tracks were "psycho-acoustic simulations" of the songs. Too bad that defense will never hold up in court. ...
