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(aka - ajsblue - aka ajsmidi)
"MIDI Music"

Official Member Of The MIDI Relief Association

T-R-O-U-B-L-E-!
For MIDI Music Lovers
"Around The World"
aka
"The MIDI Conspiracy"
"The MIDI Fight"
"The MIDI War"
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Music is a reflection of the images one has in one's mind, a drug of the spirit, a way of life between necessity and pleasure, like the air, the sea and the light
Jean Michael Jarre

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This Page Was Originally Started 2/10/99

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Several Law Suits Have Been Filed Against Web Sites That Have Posted
Lyrics, MIDI Music Tunes, And Other Types Of Music On Their Web Pages!

At least one overseas site has had their equipment and records confiscated by the police!

In The USA, It Is Believed Some Sites And Their E-Mail Are Being Monitored By The FBI
(There Has Been A Lot Of Debate Over If The Above Statement Is Factual! I Certainly Hope It's Not!)

These law suits have been made by large companies and organizations,
suggesting violation of various copyright laws.

This has scared many individual web site owners!
Therefore, many web sites or their music have been removed from the internet
until these problems are addressed and resolved.

You Will Now Get Many, Many Broken Links
On My Pages When You Click On
A Link On My Links Pages
And/Or My Sequencers Page
I Am Not Going To Remove My Links To These Sites At This Time
As Hopefully This Problem Will Get Resolved Quickly,
And These
Great Sites
Will Be Back Up

And Running Soon!!!

This Situation Has Also Caused A Very Adverse Effect On All The Search Engines
And You Will Now Find Many Invalid Files And Links With Their Search Results.

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Please Sign The Petition At The Bottom Of The Page!
Let's Flood Washington With Opinions!

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The Golden Rule Should Never Become Tarnished!
"Do Unto Others As You Want Others To Do Unto You"

My Dear Friends Out There, All Over The World,
Which I Have Made Over The Last Six Years!


Keep The Music Flowing!!!
Life Is Short - Enjoy It While You're Here!

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I Bet, When God Created The Earth,
He Was Whistling A Tune!
I Wonder If The Devil Is
Claiming That He Has A
Copyright On It?

Jack Snead  - 02/24/99

Let There Be Peace On Earth
(And Let It Begin With Me)
A Beautiful Song With A Thought
That We Should All Be Living By!

It's One Thing To Express An Opinion
It's Another To Be Heard By
The People Who Count!

Let The Music Play!

We Can't Do Everything At Once But
We Can Do
Something At Once!

MIDI Site Owners Are NOT Criminals!

I Do Believe In Copyright Protection
For Original Artists, Composers, Songwriters,
MIDI Music Sequencers, Etc.

What I Don't Believe In, Is Unclear Laws,
That Lawyers Have To Continually Debate In Court
And Lawsuits Against Unsuspecting Individuals
For Ungodly Amounts Of Money!!!

Protest Current DMCA

If You Love MIDI's, And Want To Help
Keep Them Free On The Internet Then
Click:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/free-the-MIDI/
And Subscribe To The MIDI Fight Mailing List!
(The Above Address Revised 03/23/03)

Funeral Rock For Web Sites, No 1, Oops 99
You Can Put This Original Composition And Sequence On Your MIDI Web Site
If You Really Feel You Have To Give It Up!
An Original Hard Rock MIDI Composition And Sequence Contributed To The Public Domain

By
"Bomi"
February 27, 1999

The Comments In This Table Are Either My Own
Or I Do Believe In Them 100%!
Jack

SO WHY AM I DOING THIS PAGE???

I have received hundreds of E-mails from people, from all over the world, from seven year old children to 90 year old senior citizens expressing their concern, and then asking me why I'm doing this, exposing myself to possible problems of my own.  Well,  I'm not even close to completing this answer yet!,
but here's a little bit of how I answered one mail.
Well, Sir,  I'm not exactly sure to how to answer you as I am not a sequencer, just a music lover who has made friends with over 100 sequencers over the last 2 years, and now the Professionals (Mainly *.*, *.*, Of *.,*, Etc.) Is suing several of these sequencers including *.* Of - *.* Of *.*, *.* Of *.*, and other non sequencers such as L** at L*.*s *.*-*.*, *.* At MIDI Music, *.* At ***, etc. for just posting their supposed copyrighted sequences to the net.  P/W, ****, (A great sequencer, in my opinion) from South Africa, has been receiving so many threats, that he has closed his site down and he has been posting great music for several years.   A/B, a great accordion music sequencer has pulled every great tune, which you can't find easily, off his site except for his own "Cajun" style originals.   At least 30 of my non-sequencer music friends, have pulled their sites completely, in fear of reprisals!!!
I received a request to remove a graphic I have had on most of my 300+ pages for well over two years!
Now, What The Devil Do You  Suppose Caused That???   I've been using that particular graphic on my site since the day I started making MIDI music pages!!!  Where & When Will It Stop???
Does Anyone Have A Copyright On Bold Print And Underlining, That I Don't Know About???
There is so much sophisticated equipment out there nowadays, that if you say, make a great CD with 10 of your great originals, and then put it on the market, sell a few, and someone later takes a program, and strips out one of your tunes and somehow takes the tune, messes around with it with a keyboard and a computer and re-posts it as a MIDI tune it does not take but a few days to be all over the world!
Now, you know when you hear it, if you ever do, that it was your original, but the unknowing person that happens to download that MIDI file two years later off the net, and then re-posts it to the net on their page,

Should Not Be Held At Fault!!!
This Is My Entire Point To This Whole Stupid Issue!
I'm not a songwriter, a musician, a sequencer, a copyright expert or a lawyer!
I'm just a guy who enjoys music and designing web pages with MIDI music
and giving credit, when possible, to the artist, sequencer, song writer etc.,  if I know who they are!
This is the only reason I'm Fussing about this whole thing,
or like a E-mail I received recently,
I Could Go Back To Listening To FM Radio, It's Free!!!
Jack  - 2/22/99 - 3:30 am In The Morning When I Should Be Sleeping!!!

They Can't Sue Me For My Thoughts!
Can They???


Murphy's Laws
Two Of My Favorites

To Err Is Human, But To Really Foul Things Up Requires A Computer!

After All Is Said And Done, A Hell Of A Lot More Is Said Than Done!

Taking Away FREE MIDI Music
Is Like Trying To Take Away My Guns!

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The Contents Of Page 2 Are Excerpts Of Concern Or Comments That
I Have Downloaded From Various Sources On The Internet
Or I Have Received In E-Mails From MIDI Lovers From Around The World!

LINKS TO OTHER SITES
That Have More Information Regarding This Issue

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Copyright Contradictions
A Great History And Information Regarding Copyrights

Added 10/24/08

Kohn On Music Licensing
Great Deal Of Information Regarding Copyrights
Links To Music Organizations And Societies Around The World

Copyright Website
Great Deal Of Information Regarding Copyrights
Maintained By Benedict O'Mahoney

There's Even TROUBLE For WebTV Users

Do You Use Clip Art On Your Site? - Better Check Here!

Nashville Roundup - Soapbox Page

On MIDI And Copyrights
[An Article By Dean Macy]

Personal Feelings
[A Nice Article By Dean Macy]

The MIDI Conspiracy
The Article That First Informed The Public Of The Problem

The Copyright Crisis

The Internetional MIDIFight
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(The Above Site Is No Longer Being Maintained!)
This Site Has Been Replaced By
The Music Relief Association - aka Free The MIDI's
See Below!

The Music Relief Association
This Site Has Become The Central Source For Our Side Of The Story
We Must Have A Central Source If We Are To Ever Win This War!!!

(This Site Is Updated Almost Daily!)

The Music Relief Association Platform - Site 1
The Music Relief Association Platform - Site 2

The Record Of Lawsuits Filed

News Agencies
With Articles

CNET News.com

The New York Times - Article 1

The New York Times - Article 2

Wired News
They (Used To)Write The Songs

Wired News
'We Can Work It Out'

Just A Very Few Of Thousands
Of Personal Web Sites

That Are Very Concerned
About The MIDI Issue

Arleigh's

MIDI's Galore

Bluegrass MIDI Files

Blues MIDI Room

Dick Anderson's Country MIDI Guitar

Don & Carla's Christian MIDI Page

Mad About MIDI's

Jukebox Saturday Night

Lady` MIDI Site

ManiNut

MIDI Haven
The Site Of The Great MIDI Sequencer, Deb Ackley

Read Why You Find Nothing Left Except
"Original" Compositions & Sequences On Her Site!

MIDI Pickin' By Harry

Opposing Copyright Extension

Polkasound Productions

Stardrops' Villa

The Dance MIDI House

The Graveyard

The MIDI Cemetery
A Large List Of MIDI Sites That Have Quit, Either Own Their Own Or As A Result Of Being Forced To Close Down

The MIDI Page

The Music Of The 50's

Top 40 MIDI Sites

Vikram's MIDI-Fest

Web Thumper MIDI Page

Wild West's Music Hotel

International Music Relief Page

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2/25/99
A Piece Of Good News For Once!
The NMPA And The International Lyrics Server Are Talking!
See The Latest Article From
The New York Times

I especially like the following quote
by Edward P. Murphey, President and CEO Of NMPA
"Our organization Goes After People Who Are Making Money," Murphy Said.
"I Don't Go After Individuals Who Are Making Copies [Of Lyrics And Other Copyrighted Material],
Even Though It May Be Against The Law.
There's A Lot Of Pirating Going On In The Music Industry,
But We're Going After Those Who Are Stealing By The Truckload,
Not By The Trunkload."

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3/13/00
It Has Been Well Over A Year And A Half Now Since The First Development Of The "MIDI Crisis"
And I Truly Believe That There Are Three Times As Many MIDI Web Sites
Now Than There Were Then!
There Has Also Been A Very Significant Increase In Original MIDI Composers & Sequencers
Who Want To Contribute "FREE" MIDI Music To The Web
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There Are Always Two Sides To Every Story!
So I Am Including Links To Other Informational Sites As Well
(See Trouble Page 3)

Be Sure Not To Miss Trouble Page 2

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By
Jack Snead
aka - ajsblue

© 1999 - 2004
Buckner, MO, USA

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