Takedown!
I suppose we all knew it was only a matter of time, but when I checked my mail from the floor of MacWorld today, I discovered that I had received ill tidings from none other than the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (which, incidentally, sounds like it should be headed my C. Montgomery Burns). Actually, it was from Dreamhost, but I don’t hold it against them:
Hello Laurence,
We have received a formal DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice
regarding allegedly infringing content hosted on your site. The specific
items in question are as follows:Contents of: http://www.scifihifi.com/beatles/audio/
The party making the complaint (International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry), claims under penalty of perjury to be or
represent the copyright owner of these works. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C.
512(c), we have removed access to the files in question.
So, I hope everyone got them while they could, because I’ll no longer be able to host my Beatles Christmas Records site. I eagerly await the digitally remastered CD that must surely be coming out in its place, and which would necessitate its removal.