Here's a message from the web author of one of the music industry's first targets:
Subject: DEB ACKLEY _ HFA_BMI_ASCAP
From: "Enchante`"
Date: Thu, Feb 18, 1999 00:04 EST
Message-id: <6c6z2.292$Q_5.2387605@typhoon.stlnet.com>
From: Deb Ackley Subject: ALERT: Harry Fox Agency's Future Plans
>Hello ,
>
>This is probably the most difficult message I've ever written.
>
>I've just learned from a very reliable source tonight that the Harry Fox
>Agency has plans to begin lawsuits against MIDI site owners in the near
>future for infringing on music publishers' copyrights. This will apply to
>all MIDI site owners who have not paid the applicable licensing fees to
>ASCAP, BMI and the Harry Fox Agency for music that is still under copyright
>(usually any music that is less than 75 years old.)
>
>As most of you already know, I removed MIDI Haven due to another reason,
>but I have no plans on bringing it back online due to the above reason.
>
>In case you aren't aware of this, the Harry Fox Agency was the force behind
>shutting down the International Lyrics Site and confiscated the site
>owner's computer equipment. They will begin going after most or all MIDI
>sites in the near future.
>
>This is the hardest part: If you wish to avoid legal action taken against
>you, you should probably remove any MIDI files that are less than 75 years
>old if you have not paid the applicable licensing fees. You can go to the
>following sites and do a search for any song title to see if the songs that
>are on your sites are listed as being copyrighted.
>
>http://www.ascap.com
>http://www.bmi.com
>http://www.nmpa.org
>
>If you are a MIDI sequencer, here is a site (the Lester S. Levy Collection)
>where you can download 26,000 sheet music files for songs that are over 75
>years old:
>
>http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/
>
>Please pass this message on to anyone you think may be interested.
>
>My best regards to everyone,
>
>Deb Ackley
>
New Files Added: (Sorry, Most Links Disabled - Email Requests)
Aerosmith's Hole In My Soul
Alexia's Number One
Anouk's Nobody's Wife
Fiona Apple's Criminal
Barenaked Ladies' One Week
Toni Basil's Mickey
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Mambo Swing
Boyz II Men's It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
Bran Van 3000's Drinking In L.A.
Breathe's Hands To Heaven
Jackson Browne's Stay
Mariah Carey's & U2's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Mariah Carey's & Brenda K. Starr's I Still Believe
Mariah Carey's My All
Mariah Carey & Jermain Dupri's Sweetheart
Cher's I Found Someone
Cher's Believe
Cherry Poppin Daddies' Zoot Suit Riot
Chicago's Will You Still Love Me
Harry Connick Jr.'s This Guy's In Love With You
Dana International's Diva
Taylor Dayne's Don't Rush Me
Desree's Life
Al DiMeola's Mediterranean Sunset
DJ Dado's X-Files Trance Mixes (2 Files)
Celine Dion & Bee Gees' Immortality
Damn Yankees' High Enough
Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A Changin'
Emilia's Big Big World
Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams
Fastball's The Way
Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way
Flock Of Seagulls' Space Age Love Song
Foundations' Build Me Up Buttercup (There's Something About Mary Theme)
Debbie Gibson's Foolish Beat
Gin Blossoms' Found Out About You
Goo Goo Dolls' Iris (New Sequence)
Hall & Oates' Sara Smile
Harvey Danger's Flagpole Sitta
Jeff Healey Band's Angel Eyes
Don Henley's The End Of The Innocence
Heart's What About Love
Faith Hill's This Kiss
Lauryn Hill's Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Lauryn Hill's Doo Wop (That Thing)
Hole's Celebrity Skin
Billy Idol's Catch My Fall
Information Society's Repetition
INOJ's Time After Time
INXS' Never Tear Us Apart
INXS' Beautiful Girl
Inner Circle's Bad Boys (COPS Theme)
Jamiroquai's Deeper Underground
Jewel's Hands
Jewel's Foolish Games
Elton John's I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Kenny G's My Heart Will Go On
KMFDM's Megalomaniac
Annie Lennox's Little Bird
Lighthouse Family's Lost In Space
Live's Selling The Drama
Jennifer Lopez's If You had My Love
Los Lobos' La Bamba
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