EMI hide behind lawyers to remove Newport parody

[Puggit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10925414

bbc said:

The hit internet spoof video Newport State Of Mind which parodies Jay-Z has been removed from YouTube due to a "copyright claim" by EMI Publishing.

The clip had been viewed hundreds of thousands of times since last month.

A statement from EMI said: "When a song is created based wholly on any of our writers' works, those writers need to grant their permission.

"If that permission isn't granted, then we ask the service in question to remove the song."

The video, which parodies Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' Empire State Of Mind using the backdrop of the south Wales city, was directed by filmmaker M-J Delaney.

Made for less than £100, it also featured rapper Alex Warren and singer Terema Wainwright.

Whilst viewers are blocked from seeing it on YouTube the video is still available on other websites.

EMI Publishing represents four of the seven people credited with writing the original Empire State Of Mind: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Angela Hunte and Janet Sewell.

They still just don't understand the Internet, do they?


Edited for cr@p formatting

Edited by Puggit on Tuesday 10th August 18:49

[hornetrider]

Nope. That was great, and due to this action will now become bigger than it ever was before, muhahahahah

[Puggit]

Here it is: http://www.kontraband.com/videos/23502/Newport-Sta...

And here is Goldie Looking Chain's repost

[TheEnd]

They weren't the first by long shot.

If it wasn't a beta version they did in a different town, they just ripped tha idea off from someone else.

[sc4589]

I actually preferred it to the original... love a good Welsh accent since I met Charlotte Church!

Hope it manages to stay above water. Excellent parody!

[TheEnd]

Well it's now going to be subject to the Streisand effect

[hornetrider]

Puggit said:

Here it is: http://www.kontraband.com/videos/23502/Newport-Sta...

And here is Goldie Looking Chain's repost

Cheers for the GLC link, quality!!