Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Zeppelin fans vs. Warner Bros.

I noticed this yesterday. Warner Bros. is jumping all over individuals posting home video recordings of the Zeppelin reunion show from Monday, demanding that they be taken down. Warner is claiming copyright infringement. What? How can Warner claim copyright on someone's personal home video?

Update: I guess it's the band, not Warner, causing the problems.
Although Warner Music Group does have a licensing deal in place with YouTube that would allow fans to post WMG-copyrighted material, sources close to the situation say that Led Zeppelin owns the rights to the concert, and that the band's management requested the removal of any clips of the event.
Ridiculous. I love the band, but this is just stupid. What better way to build hype for a DVD release next year than to have crap quality video on the web showing the songs that make us fans more and more eager for a high quality version?

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