lkk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Larry Kolodney) (05/15/85)
I've been informed by a number of people that
my recent posting of lyrics may be
in violation of copyright law. I really didn't
consider this when I sent it out.
If it is a violation, well, sorry. The lyrics
were typed in from people's memory, not
from any printed text, if that makes any difference.
--
larry kolodney (The Devil's Advocate)
UUCP: ...{ihnp4, decvax!genrad}!mit-eddie!lkk
ARPA: lkk@mit-mcejd@petrus.UUCP (05/15/85)
> > I've been informed by a number of people that > my recent posting of lyrics may be > in violation of copyright law. I really didn't > consider this when I sent it out. > Well as long as mostly deadheads are reading the network, and most non-heads won't wander through messages over 500 lines long, I don't think you have to worry. By the way I was glad you put them up. --Ed
marc@decvax.UUCP (Marc Teitelbaum) (05/17/85)
If im not mistaken i've seen this list of lyrics before in a book that was bound but had no publishers name or anything. It was picked up at a show by a friend in exchange for a necklace she had made. It looks like it was put together by deadheads for deadheads. I think its great to lay back in a van after some shows and read the lyrics to yourself while your brain fills in the music. I am really glad it was posted... Thanks marc
nm34@sdcc12.UUCP (nm34) (05/17/85)
Given the "relaxed" atmostphere around the Dead. And since the
lyrics were not copied per se, I dont think anyone should be worrying
about copyright violation. These lyrics were probably gleaned from
thousands of hours of of the tapes that the Dead have never restricted.
I dont think the band would mind them being posted, considering the
important acid test - no one has profited from them. In fact, in
reference to some who said that a European Deadhead was selling copies,
the posting of the lyrics probably saved the publishing world from
losing several dollars of ill-gotten gains.
Thank you for posting them.
Andy
"the second cup of coffee's free - but the first you have got to pay"