The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #165955   Message #3986804
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
10-Apr-19 - 05:34 PM
Thread Name: The problem with Discogs
Subject: RE: The problem with Discogs
Twas ever thus. Mexican AM radio was so bad it was good.

Ross “...without additional knowledge or general formal acceptance over who composed or authored a song.

The whole world… by hand? Fuggedabouddit. You'll need a censorship machine ('auto-bot') running on a crowd sourced copyright database. Big Data “Tracks” on AI steroids with sharp, pointy teeths.

Your first two or three copyright violation exchanges with YouTube won't involve flesh and blood humanity… auto-bots.

Any user can correct typos and transcription errors on Discogs but the database is not subject to the various industry copyright machines because... legalities & technicalities n'stuff.

If one does have court/industry paperwork of something blatantly illegal on Discogs they'll remove it from the marketplace but it will remain in the artwork database; flagged under a dedicated “Unofficial” or counterfeit record label. Afaik only exception is active registered trademarks.