THE3RDSTREETBUTCHER

First let me thank all of you who DO NOT allow ONE genre to dominate your listening. I have always listened to EVERYTHING and MY music is intended for listeners with ABOVE AVERAGE intelligence. If you are a person who says childish things like "I don't listen to Rap," or "I don't listen to Metal," etc, etc. YOU are a person who obviously doesn't know why these "genre's" were created. They were created to keep small minded individuals boxed in...

(I found this on indie911) Independent artists need to care about this because you usually own your own copyrights so when the Orphan Works Act talks about “copyright owners” they are talking about YOU! All that an “infringer” needs to do to avoid the current penalties of the copyright law is show that they made a "reasonably diligent search" to locate the copyright owner, and if they can’t find the copyright owner, they can use the work without permission and without...