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This lawsuit was centered around the cover art used for the cover album. Although Baio secured licenses for the music on the album, he did not license the original album's cover art. <ref name="Copyhype">Hart, Terry. [http://www.copyhype.com/?p=284 Kind of Bamboozled: Why ‘Kind of Bloop’ is Not a Fair Use.] ''Copyhype.'' 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-12-09.</ref> The photographer and copyright holder of the original cover art, Jay Maisel, objected to the use of art and the dispute resulted in an out-of-court settlement. | This lawsuit was centered around the cover art used for the cover album. Although Baio secured licenses for the music on the album, he did not license the original album's cover art. <ref name="Copyhype">Hart, Terry. [http://www.copyhype.com/?p=284 Kind of Bamboozled: Why ‘Kind of Bloop’ is Not a Fair Use.] ''Copyhype.'' 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-12-09.</ref> The photographer and copyright holder of the original cover art, Jay Maisel, objected to the use of art and the dispute resulted in an out-of-court settlement. | ||
| − | Following the news of the settlement, several bloggers and other supporters of Baio were up in arms over this dispute. One blogger named Jeremy Nicholl wrote a post examining the facts of the story called "Jay Maisel Is A Dick" <ref>Nicholl, Jeremy. [http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/06/27/%E2%80%9Cjay-maisel-is-a-dick%E2%80%9D-freetard-mob-savages-octogenarian-photographer-over-copyright/ “Jay Maisel Is A Dick”: Freetard Mob Savages Octogenarian Photographer Over Copyright.] ''The Russian Photos Blog.'' 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-12-09.</ref> The title was a quote from one of Baio's supporters who joined in the mobbing of the photographer. While the issue of the cover art copyright sparked this mobbing, supporters were more concerned that Maisel, a rich photographer, targeted a "poor" artist. It should be noted that Baio | + | Following the news of the settlement, several bloggers and other supporters of Baio were up in arms over this dispute. One blogger named Jeremy Nicholl wrote a post examining the facts of the story called "Jay Maisel Is A Dick" <ref name="Russian">Nicholl, Jeremy. [http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/06/27/%E2%80%9Cjay-maisel-is-a-dick%E2%80%9D-freetard-mob-savages-octogenarian-photographer-over-copyright/ “Jay Maisel Is A Dick”: Freetard Mob Savages Octogenarian Photographer Over Copyright.] ''The Russian Photos Blog.'' 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-12-09.</ref> The title was a quote from one of Baio's supporters who joined in the mobbing of the photographer. While the issue of the cover art copyright sparked this mobbing, supporters were more concerned that Maisel, a rich photographer, targeted a "poor" artist. It should be noted that Baio sold his website Upcoming.org to Yahoo in 2005; figures aren't available but Baio is not a "poor" artist as many of those supporters made him out to be.<ref name="Copyhype"/><ref name="Russian"/> |
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Revision as of 03:32, 10 December 2011
Kind of Bloop is a chiptune tribute album by Andy Baio, based on Miles Davis' 1959 album, Kind of Blue. In 2010, Baio was sued by Jay Maisel, the photographer of the Kind of Blue cover art for copyright infringement, resulting in an out-of-court settlement for $32,500[1].
Background
Andy Baio produced this album to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. Baio wondered what chiptune jazz covers would sound like and opted to try it on one of his favorite albums through Kickstarter. The album was to be remade track-by-track through a colloboration with ast0r, sergeeo, and three chiptune artists: Virt, Shnabubula, and Disasterpeace. Baio noted that this was his first time licensing music and commented how he was required to pay loyalties even though he wanted to release album for free download. [2]
Lawsuit and ethical implications
This lawsuit was centered around the cover art used for the cover album. Although Baio secured licenses for the music on the album, he did not license the original album's cover art. [3] The photographer and copyright holder of the original cover art, Jay Maisel, objected to the use of art and the dispute resulted in an out-of-court settlement.
Following the news of the settlement, several bloggers and other supporters of Baio were up in arms over this dispute. One blogger named Jeremy Nicholl wrote a post examining the facts of the story called "Jay Maisel Is A Dick" [4] The title was a quote from one of Baio's supporters who joined in the mobbing of the photographer. While the issue of the cover art copyright sparked this mobbing, supporters were more concerned that Maisel, a rich photographer, targeted a "poor" artist. It should be noted that Baio sold his website Upcoming.org to Yahoo in 2005; figures aren't available but Baio is not a "poor" artist as many of those supporters made him out to be.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Chalk, Andy. Chiptune Cover Album Leads to Huge Legal Bill. The Escapist. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ Baio, Andy. Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis. Waxy. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hart, Terry. Kind of Bamboozled: Why ‘Kind of Bloop’ is Not a Fair Use. Copyhype. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nicholl, Jeremy. “Jay Maisel Is A Dick”: Freetard Mob Savages Octogenarian Photographer Over Copyright. The Russian Photos Blog. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
