That's nice. It's fairly obvious CDBaby's mode of operation is what I have described. Looking into them after they obtained my attention resulted in finding many similar stories from others.
I have NEVER seen anything from CDBaby's presence with actual CD sales, be it in retail shops or online, on the other hand their mode of operation since starting to use Youtube indicates this is their main line of income.
"Represent" artists by claiming copyright on any under-protected samples that they may have used.
Including voice samples of men who have had their throats slit.
Force users dispute it on Youtube, disputed videos get resolved but every other copy of the media that was uploaded does not. Leaving each of the other users who uploaded to fight it one by one on their own. Blanket claims on swaths of video are made by CDBaby forcing individual defense from users for each of their uploaded copies. Not all users notice the copyright claims, not all care, even less have the motivation to try to set things right.
CDBaby over time gets claim to a larger and larger portfolio of media that doesn't belong to them.
It's all fairly obvious, regardless of how the original company started and operated.
I have NEVER seen anything from CDBaby's presence with actual CD sales, be it in retail shops or online, on the other hand their mode of operation since starting to use Youtube indicates this is their main line of income.
"Represent" artists by claiming copyright on any under-protected samples that they may have used.
Including voice samples of men who have had their throats slit.
Force users dispute it on Youtube, disputed videos get resolved but every other copy of the media that was uploaded does not. Leaving each of the other users who uploaded to fight it one by one on their own. Blanket claims on swaths of video are made by CDBaby forcing individual defense from users for each of their uploaded copies. Not all users notice the copyright claims, not all care, even less have the motivation to try to set things right.
CDBaby over time gets claim to a larger and larger portfolio of media that doesn't belong to them.
It's all fairly obvious, regardless of how the original company started and operated.