The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #124666   Message #2755134
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
29-Oct-09 - 04:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: The problem at Mudcat? Moderated thread
Subject: RE: BS: The problem at Mudcat? Moderated thread
I post "really useful" stuff?

Yes, I and a gazillion others have posted again and again and again about how the BNP (just like the nazis before them) are moving in on trad music (and Vera Lynn) and subverting it. They stick it on their sites without permission from, nor with the knowledge of, the artists. They also market music via Excalibur, thus giving the impression that the artists support their nasty machinations. This, unsurprisingly, pisses off musicians considerably. It is not (necessarily) to do with copyright. This was one of the main motivations behind the formation of FaF. It is why FaF logos are beginning to appear on newly-released CDs, on the basis that the fascists will be deterred from attempting to market them.

Perhaps you could all copy this post onto your clipboards ready for the next time (yes, I'm pessimistic enough to believe there will be a next time) some Bush clone starts bleating about "it's nobody's music, it belongs to all of us".