Yet Another Reason to Hate Metallica

news: Act 4 removed due to copyright violation


Hi folks,

Deus Ex Machina: Episode 9 - "Doomsday (Part 2 of 2)" [Act 4] has recently been pulled due to a copyright violation, specifically the use of "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica. Guess I gotta start being more careful. No one's really cared about my music usage up until now.

So currently I'm re-rendering the act with different music at the beginning, music that I own the license for.

It definitely takes the edge off the beginning fight sequence a bit as well which disappoints me, but there's nothing I can do. Life's a bitch.

Act 4 will be back up eventually.

Thanks,
Jon

Posted by DigitalPh33r at 10/17/2008 (http://digitalph33r.blogspot.com/2008/10/news-act-4-removed-due-to-copyright.html) Links to this post (http://digitalph33r.blogspot.com/2008/10/news-act-4-removed-due-to-copyright.html#links)
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Context: This is from a guy who basically post YouTube videos using Halo and the like. I have actually posted a few of his video's on the Super Happy Fun Thread and they have actually gotten a pretty good response. To go a little further he's huge on YouTube, so much that people post fake episodes of his shows to rick roll unfortunate souls. Still Metallica has become the biggest group of pussies ever since the whole Napster sharade. Ironically they remind me of Eminem going after people like his Mom and Christina Aguleria (How Gangsta).

Hate Metallica?...???
That's just not right.............

Yeah. I'm a Metallica fan (I even like their new c.d. Death Magnetic, which is leaps and bounds better than that p.o.s. St. Anger lol) but they are always on everybody's nuts about using their music for free. It's annoying but what can you do I suppose.

Artists have the right to make money and people shouldn't profit from their another artist's work unless they pay that artist. But guys like Lars should stfu and admit that they are greedy bastards who have made millions upon millions but don't think that's enough.

It's just funny this was a band that once encouraged taping and trading of their shows.

This is the same band yelling at people for taking pictures during a concert. Get over yourselves.

I think writers should stop letting libraries carry their books. Writers don't get merchandise sales like musical artists, plus once you've read a book no need to buy it. Libraries are far worse than Napster/Limewire.

This is the same band yelling at people for taking pictures during a concert. Get over yourselves.

I think writers should stop letting libraries carry their books. Writers don't get merchandise sales like musical artists, plus once you've read a book no need to buy it. Libraries are far worse than Napster/Limewire.

Good point.

Another reason why I havent purchased a Metallica album since Re-Load and havent gone to see them in concert since either. Hell just watch there interviews now a days, they try to act all inciteful and knowledgable like they are the great thinkers of our times. PUKE, and everytime I DL one of there songs I get a big woody knowing Lars is losing sleep.

Artists have the right to make money and people shouldn't profit from their another artist's work unless they pay that artist. But guys like Lars should stfu and admit that they are greedy bastards who have made millions upon millions but don't think that's enough.

Absolutely. I really don't understand the sense of entitlement these days. How are people so dense that they do not understand they are stealing?

If you want the music - man-up and pay for it. Don't steal it and then whine when you get called out for it.

Absolutely. I really don't understand the sense of entitlement these days. How are people so dense that they do not understand they are stealing?

If you want the music - man-up and pay for it. Don't steal it and then whine when you get called out for it.
The sales off records does not only take money away from the band but takes money away from the song writers and others involved with the music. My cousin is married to a man who writes songs along with other stuff and each month he gets a list of his royalties for what he writes. Its pretty neat how he gets a penny here and a penny there each time a song he wrote is plyed on the air. We talked about this and he personaly cans say with modern technology he has seen a decline in his royalties for music he writes.