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TV Cream taken down by MCPS-PRS Alliance

(September 2006)

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NE
Netizen
http://tv.cream.org/
Quote:
This site has been removed for now, because an aggressive man
name Mark Taylor of the MCPS-PRS Alliance has become upset that
their megacorp clients' precious "intellectual property" is being
raped by there being some grainy recordings of theme tunes and so on.

I'm sorry if you mistook this for the vibrant sharing of culture;
in fact, they've decided that this is their enslaved commodity.
You may only sit back and "consume" it - passively, and on their terms.

If one of the TVC admins could contact me at
nickm at positive dash internet dot kom (address monged for spam bashing purposes),
I will try to help.

One day these IP idiots will realise how ill the golden goose is getting.

Well, that sucks.
MU
mulder
It certainly does. If you are sharing reasonable quality copies of TV themes, taken from commercial CDs and other high quality sources, then fair enough. TV Cream was (mostly) not doing that though, choosing to use the recordings they made from TV speakers years ago. The odd higher quality mp3 was on there, but still less than 128k I think.
DO
thedoctorandmartha
Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
VM
VMPhil
http://tv.cream.org/broken/technicaldifficulties.gif

Afternoon webpages follow shortly.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Prehaps TV Cream should try and take advantage of the situation to ask if the upset companies would be willing to provide better quality clips to replace the 'grainy' versions. Always worth a try to see if the situation can be flipped around.
NE
Netizen
I'd say that's wishful thinking. The heavy handed ignorant approach these 'enforcement' companies use to do their client's dirty work doesn't lend itself to doing sensible business deals that work out for everyone. Their only interest is making money for themselves.
NE
Netizen
The site is back but with the themes section absent, as you might expect.
TV
tvarksouthwest
Quote:
This site has been removed for now, because an aggressive man
name Mark Taylor of the MCPS-PRS Alliance has become upset that
their megacorp clients' precious "intellectual property" is being
raped by there being some grainy recordings of theme tunes and so on.

What a w(@)nker. Obviously too much time on his hands if he's chasing TV Cream.
PE
peterrocket Founding member
You get upset if some takes TVArk material, so, chances are someones complained their work is being distributed on there and the authorities take action.

Difference is, they would own the copyright.
WH
Whataday Founding member
The MCPS-PRS Alliance wields its sword again with the greatest arrogance in the land. Do they have nothing better to do?
NE
Netizen
Whataday posted:
The MCPS-PRS Alliance wields its sword again with the greatest arrogance in the land. Do they have nothing better to do?

While they're getting paid by people who ought to know better, sadly not.
SA
saturdaymorning
The rules of drama on there are hillarious!Has anyone else read them?

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