Somehow there has been a media leakage with one of our new tracks, SK_Boiiz- I Want Em. We have decided that because this track has already gone viral from Northern Peninsula Area over to Thursday Island without our permission, its no use saving it for our Album Debut in 2015! So weve put it up for free download on our Soundcloud account. Really disappointing that it somehow got stolen from us and shared with others without permission. We will find out who stole that specific track from our computer without our permission and sent them a letter of demands. *According to the Copyright Act 1968* Without the express permission granted by the author of a copyrighted work or by the license under which it is distributed you are not permitted to do the following under Australian law: 1. Use, distribute or sell. It is an infringement of copyright to do any of the acts comprised in the copyright in relation to the whole part of the work, or to authorise such an act, without the permission or licence of the copyright owner. • Generally, copyright is infringed if copyright material is used without permission, in one of the ways exclusively reserved to the copyright owner. • There are some situations in which people can use copyright material without permission, either for free or on other terms. • A copyright owner is entitled to commence a civil action in court against someone who has infringed his or her copyright, and may be entitled to various remedies. • Some infringements of copyright – generally those that involve a commercial element – are also criminal offences, and various penalties can be imposed if someone is convicted of a copyright offence or issued with an infringement notice. *Civil actions and remedies* If copyright has been infringed, the copyright owner is entitled to commence an action in court and various remedies may be awarded. Action must be taken within 6 years of the date the infringement took place. Action can be taken in either the Federal Court or the Federal Magistrates Court. Action can also be taken in State and Territory Supreme courts, and sometimes other State courts, depending on whether or not they have the power to grant the remedies that the copyright owner seeks. Courts may grant “interlocutory relief” and final orders. A court may also order a person who loses a case to pay another party’s legal costs. An award of costs will not, however, always cover the full amount the person who won the case has to pay their legal representatives. *Penalties* Penalties vary, and depend on whether it is an individual or a corporation that is convicted. For some indictable offences, an individual who is guilty may be fined up to $93,500 or imprisoned for up to 5 years, or both. For importation of material that infringes copyright, fines of up to $71,500 and/or imprisonment for 5 years may be imposed on an individual. Penalties can be much higher where the infringement involves the digitisation of copyright material from hardcopy (for example, from cassette to CD or from video to DVD). An individual who is found guilty of a summary offence may be fined up to $13,200 or imprisoned for up to 2 years or both. A corporation may be fined up to 5 times the amount of a maximum fine. Where an individual is convicted of a strict liability offence, the maximum penalty is $6,600. However, where police issue an infringement notice, the maximum amount of the penalty for an individual is $1,320. In some cases, the offender must have already forfeited infringing copies and illegal devices to the Commonwealth. From an offender’s point of view, some of the benefits of the infringement notice scheme include that, so long as the infringement notice is not withdrawn and the offender complies with the other requirements of the scheme, the offender is not taken to have admitted guilt, nor to have been convicted of the offence, and no prosecution can be brought in relation to it. Where a matter goes to court, courts can order that circumvention devices, infringing copies, and devices and equipment used to infringe, be destroyed, or handed over to relevant copyright owners, or otherwise dealt with. THIS IS NOT A THREAT BUT A WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE TO BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU DO!! #SK_Boiiz
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:57:49 +0000
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