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Help stop the slander and copyright infringement!

Help stop the slander and copyright infringement!

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 1 month ago
The Rekkening and Tracey Lynn Shane are registered with Socan, as well as I am a freelance writer registered with Library Archives Canada. I was doing some volunteer work for HSB Radio station in Vancouver, BC for a few months. I had done some written reviews and recorded live band interviews. When I decided to leave my position I requested all of my material be taken off their website as there was no written permission given to them to continue to use it. I have had countless arguments with the director (CC) and he has continually told me HSB Radio "OWN's MY material. I know this is not true and am looking for help in having this issue resolved. I also had my music playing on their website when I had a profile on their website, however I have removed all of my content 5 months ago and they continue to play my music and also claim to own the right to play it. Their terms of condition states they are only allowed to play music on their station if the artist has created a profile which I no longer have. As well the director (CC) did a live broadcast stating to the Vancouver music community to not get involved with me or my band, he has continually used my name in in-appropriate content. I have contacted Ustream and Justin TV, as these are the broadcast servers the director (CC) uses to broadcast his radio shows and they have not gotten back to me. I did have some success a few months ago with Ustream and they did block his account, however I have contact Ustream again in regards to this matter and they have not responded, as he is up and running through Ustream again. I have now discovered that the director (CC) of HSB Radio has removed my name as the writer of the band reviews on his site and replaced with his radio handle (HSB Blast). This is illegal and unjust to me as I did nothing but try to help local bands gain exposure and elevate the radio station. I have recently been in contact with a lawyer, however I am on disability an cannot afford to give a lawyer $300 to send him a letter requesting HSB Radio remove my material. I appreciate each and every one of your signatures on this petition as it will help me in my fight to OWN what is rightfully mine.

Updates

August 17, 2011

The radio station continues to ignore my requests to remove my work so I am filing formal complaints with their hosting providers today. Please email the management at HSB Radio to demand they respect these copyright laws. Post this petition link on your Facebook feed to keep the pressure on them.

August 17, 2011

The momentum behind this fight is growing and proves that people know how wrong these actions are. Now is the time to turn this energy into results by emailing the server hosts to demand they shut down these broadcasts.

6 Comments

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Linda Walton
15 years ago Featured

UNACCEPTABLE behavior. My music is my livelihood and anyone doing this deserves to lose their platform immediately.

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Jen Watson
15 years ago Featured

Wow what a nightmare. The director sounds incredibly unprofessional and petty. Hope you get this sorted soon!

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David Wilson
15 years ago Featured

Keep fighting this. Intellectual property rights matter and they cant just run their mouth and lie about you to the whole local scene.

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Mike Werner
15 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. If you dont have permission to use the content you take it down simple as that.

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Sarah Sloan
15 years ago Featured

This is totally illegal. You cant just steal hard work like that and call it your own HSB needs to wake up and stop acting like bullies.

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Kevin Sharma
15 years ago Featured

Stop stealing from artists. Your radio station is trash for doing this.