Tuesday, July 3, 2007

MySpace: Another Blessing

Yesterday afternoon I was deleted from MySpace due to copyright infraction of MY OWN FUCKING ARTWORK!

I was sent a message stating that one of the images on my page was copyright protected and was removed. I checked my page and nothing was removed. I designed all the graphics on my page and I even wrote the code for my layout. Nothing was stolen so who reported me for this and why dint they take the time to look into it?

Well they said I could fill out a form to dispute the claim and so I tried but as usual they dint have a damn piece of script working. So I emailed them and I wrote in a pleasant manor. Very business like and nicely worded asking why I got this message and how could I solve the issue as all the graphics were of my own work so I’m sure I have my own permission to use them. Though, looking back I cant be 100% sure about that as just the other day I was arguing with myself about another graphic I was using for another project. I told myself that I dint have permission to use it and that I was going to contact my lawyer to sue myself. For some reason when I called him he told me I was an asshole and hung up on me.

Note to self: find new lawyer to sue self.

Anyways, in an hour I received an email back stating that I had been warned multiple times and was now spamming them and for that my account was deleted. It’s funny how I only got one warning that really wasn’t a warning as it was my own art, I just needed to prove it to them. I mean correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t multiple mean more then one? At least two?

It’s not much of a big loss really as in the end I really don’t care. I got tired of messages about “pass this on for this cancer patient” and so on. Guess what folks, if you Google the name of the person in the letter, you will 99% of the time find that the person isn’t real and that it’s been an internet chain letter for years. Besides, what the fuck does passing on a letter do to help that cancer patient? I wish it were that simple to cure cancer by passing on a letter. I would be passing letters all damn day.

And maybe it wouldn’t just work on cancer, Maybe we can cure all sorts of things. Michael J. Fox, don’t worry, a cure is on the way! I’ve found the answer!

Science out! Passing annoying fucking letters around on the internet….IN!!!

Please though, let us have a moment of silence to remember those who have passed before the knowledge of this internet letter cure.

Christopher Reeve, I’m sorry I discovered this too late. Lord knows you would have been the first on my list to save by the passing of a letter around the net.

+tear+





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4 comments:

Aaron Clark said...

Screw MySpace. It's not worth being a member of any site or system that doesn't give a shit about the individual.

To quote Kevin Smith, "They're fucking clown shoes".

Reactance said...

Yeah, I've never cared much for the site. It just made it easier to keep track of bands like VnV, A23, KMFDM, Combichrist and so on.


Also I've been meaning to ask, why did you delete all those videos from your YouTube account? One day I check in and I saw a lot of videos missing.

Aaron Clark said...

Call it a moment of self consciousness. I felt really weird about my vlogs and decided to take them down for a bit.

Reactance said...

Well I check your thing about every other day waiting for new material. Is it an addiction.... no. Lets just say I care.


I've been thinking about opening a thing there to post videos of working in the studio on music and such.