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Posted by trevorSTAFF on March 28, 2008 at 2:15 PM
trevor is viewing his easy to find inner circle videos! :)It is with deep regret that we make this post and video today. There are days in business and life that nobody ever wants to face, yet circumstances force us to make the best of what is beyond our control.
Due to licensing circumstances, we feel it is prudent to remove a portion of the content from our site. As we've said in the past, we have and will always strive to adhere to restrictions placed on us by copyright holders of the material on our site. We don't take these actions lightly or without considerable thought.
So, a portion of our songs will no longer be available to sing, and recordings made with those songs will no longer be available to view. You may still review the comments on the affected songs in your account area, but they will no longer appear on your Profile or in the Watch & Listen section. While we do not foresee any further difficulties, we cannot predict the future and we'll always adhere to the legal and ethical requirements placed upon us. Please review Section 4 paragraph 2 of the Terms of Use for more information on Intellectual Property should you require any clarification on this.
It is very regretful that we must do this at a time when Gold Subscriptions are becoming ever more popular. While we like to keep things under wraps we can say that more Gold features are right around the corner. We will be releasing Stereo Backing Tracks and the ability to have your recordings viewed on a semi-private or invite only basis. These features will be available in the next few weeks, and more features are in development.
These actions, while having some short term pain, ensure the longevity and continued availability of SingSnap for the future.
We know you will have questions, and we'll try our best to answer them. We know some of you will be upset, but we'll try our best to appease you. Most of all, we need and appreciate your support and understanding in this difficult time. Some people may not see this message right away, so please, direct them here and help us make the best of this tough day.
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Reply by Sum_Southern_SugarGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:32 PM
what 'portion' are you removing?
just a little, a lot?
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Reply by guns68 on March 28, 2008 at 2:32 PM
How much of the catalog did we lose?
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Reply by Binky-GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Binky- is knee deep in catalog *weeeeeee* send a paddle plzawww so sorry hear that but hey u guys are doing great.... and stuff beyond your control what can ya say.....
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Reply by TraceGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:35 PM
that's what i were going to say.a lot or very little..
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Reply by guns68 on March 28, 2008 at 2:35 PM
I've lost 8 songs so far!
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Reply by jasonSTAFF on March 28, 2008 at 2:36 PM
FYI that it will take a few minutes for all of the afflicted songs to update across the whole site.
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Reply by pickinchooz on March 28, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Dang, I hope they don't delete our duet of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song...
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Reply by MNBadback0 on March 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM
I agree Trev it BITES! All the music industry does is alienate people outa sheer GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!! buncha @#$@ shucksters. Hope their music we take off dies and don't make em a dime. OK ALLLLL AT ONCE LETS FLIP EM THE BIRD-LOL
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Reply by thunder-rose on March 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Wow, this is some really sad news....
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Reply by Leslie_2007 on March 28, 2008 at 2:40 PM
That sucks! Is all I can say!!!!
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Reply by TraceGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:41 PM
awe! i've lost close to 80! if not more..some could have been duplicates..but gosh! alot of songs have gone :(
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Reply by pickinchooz on March 28, 2008 at 2:41 PM
One advantage of a failing memory... I don't really remember what songs I"ve done, so I won't be able to tell if they deleted them.
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Reply by PoohAngel145GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:41 PM
I totally agree with Leslie ...it really does!!!!
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Reply by Moondoggies_DreamGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Moondoggies_Dream happy and content in the arms of my true love, my moondoggieTrevor this is not fair , my fience and i have lost most all of our duets, < flooding with tears here , we worked hard to get them to come out right, geashhhhh.. why.. recording rights? you can downlaod them from the internet why cant we do them here..plz explain
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Reply by mystic_karenGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Is there a list of those that we lost?
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Reply by TraceGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:45 PM
it's not april fools yet! lol
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Reply by lilolme on March 28, 2008 at 2:45 PM
If you go to your account, click on recordings and scroll down them, if ya lost a song it will say "lic" in red letters beside it!
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Reply by melGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Wow is it about 50%???? When I check my songs, it really looks like this??
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Reply by mystic_karenGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:47 PM
*GASPS* I have lost 66 of them on my list!
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Reply by Caz999GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Caz999 is spending time with laura before she goes home tomorrowwell i am really upset about this!!!it would have been better if the songs no longer available that we have already done could have been set to private so only the person who sang them can view it now or something like that! or some sort of warning to us that this was going to happen would have been nice!.........from a very unhappy gold customer :~(
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Reply by mystic_karenGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:47 PM
OMG! And alot of these songs are in contests!
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Reply by Binky-GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Binky- is knee deep in catalog *weeeeeee* send a paddle plzomg i lost a lot of mine too but hey what can they do but follow the guidelines for licensing its soooooo sad thank goodness i have most backed up and i have cdg's myself that i own of them.......
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Reply by TashaGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:48 PM
In my recordings list, it looks like almost 50% are lost, but I'm confused. I thought when you mentioned it before, if we recorded something with a license, we couldn't review it again, but others could. This is not the case? For instance, the song "noone" is now not available for anyone to view or sing?
What about "dont know much"? I just did that, and it's gone, but it's such a popular karaoke song. I'm just a little confused.
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Reply by Caz999GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Caz999 is spending time with laura before she goes home tomorrowi told trevor what for!!!!! still not happy i said he could of at least gave us warning that this was gonna happen grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
oops wrong thread hahahahaha
well that cheered me up abit
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Reply by Binky-GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Binky- is knee deep in catalog *weeeeeee* send a paddle plzyeah what will the contest (owner's) do will they allow another song???
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Reply by Kjellvis on March 28, 2008 at 2:49 PM
I can understand removing them so people wont be able to record new version. ...but blocking recording we have already made so we cant even see them privately for ourselves? What the h... was the point of having them online in the first place?
This is unprofessional of you. I'm having second thoughts about gold here. Are there really any legal implications to you giving us the ability to view our own old recordings if they are private?
I understand this must be hard for you, but you get little sympathy for this. Had I'd been a gold member that suddenly lost my recording... well
I hope you get this sorted and that user complaints doesn't bring you too much aggravation.
Stay strong ;)
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Reply by DivaDaynaGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:49 PM
I've lost 59 of my recordings!!! THIS IS NOT COOL!!!!!!!!!!! Most of these are part of a contest or something too! What in the world?? That is so crappy!
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Reply by becca46GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:49 PM
becca46 anyone who has listen to one of my song ever .thanks so much !!oh my i lost alot of my songs some where in contest this really sucks
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Reply by mawofthreesons on March 28, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Trevor and staff sorry to hear about this.I knew within my own heart that sooner or later it would happen as things get tougher in the recording industry.You all have done your best and are doing yiour best.I'm saddened that this has had to happen here but,you all know as well as I that "NO ONE" wants to get sued if we can protect ourselves from it.Trevor I know it's out of your control and that you don't like it.You are a man of honor because,of the fact that you're honest and sincere when it comes to protecting this site and it's members.May God bless you and continue to guide and give you the courage and strenth that is needed to run this site.I'm very honored to be a part of this site.I support you 100 % in what you need to to and must do for the site as well as the safety of it's members.
mawofthreesons
Jamie
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Reply by Tom1970CONTRIBUTOR on March 28, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Copyright issues blow but it happens.
But for someone who used to like playing out in a band and being in the public eye,....I now have 3 kids and this site has been great for still being able to do what I like to do since being in a band now is not an option.
Great site, keep up the great work,
TOM1970
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Reply by GentleRaiinGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM
woooow ..I have lost 146 songs , sure wish we had some forewarning so we could at least make copy!!
Was fun while singing them anyway :) .....Copy right laws must be followed...I know its out of your control.... but this really stinks.
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Reply by NovellaGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Where's the list of removed content?
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Reply by becca46GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM
becca46 anyone who has listen to one of my song ever .thanks so much !!man unblock them please just make them unable to record new ones of the song but make it so we can play the ones we have already done please
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Reply by lindasdavisGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:52 PM
look i'm having a great time here,i know this bites...but my gosh...look at the friends we've come to know....GOOD LUCK...its not your fault....but it bites,lol.....linda
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Reply by the_pretenderGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:52 PM
almost all of my fav. artists are "lic"...:o( half of my recordings are red now...:o(
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Reply by TashaGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:52 PM
another question, did the copyright laws for these songs JUST happen or something?
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Reply by TraceGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:52 PM
well it's the greedy liscencees who are the bad guys! ...see Trevors video...he's so so sad...just as we are..theres nothing he can do :(
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Reply by becca46GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM
becca46 anyone who has listen to one of my song ever .thanks so much !!Quote
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Reply by DivaDaynaGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Ya this isn't making sense! SO many people are off limits now it's crazy!
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Reply by SingerSadSongs on March 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM
wow this really hurted
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Reply by ArizonagalGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM
I lost over 60 songs, and I've deleted them now.
Looking forward to the stereo!
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Reply by Knight76GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Why was there there no warning this was about to occur??
I've spent half a day creating altered lyrics for a song (Lucky Man) for a contest and now I can't even view it or use it.
Somewhat annoyed.
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Reply by JacquiGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM
On the upside, that's a cute lil kitty on the recording page, saying "I'm sad". Hope somebody adopts (or sponsors!;-)) him soon!
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Reply by kswarthog on March 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM
It does kinda bite. I don't have that many recordings because I usually get rid of old stuff that's probably not going to be listened to anyway... I'm not trying to build a music library. So, out of the dozen songs I on my account I lost only 4, but that's a third of them. Wonder if Que Sera Sera is still on the site?
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Reply by Caz999GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Caz999 is spending time with laura before she goes home tomorrowi second that becca46
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Reply by TraceGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM
some are asking Trevor. to break the law! by asking him to make them visible again so you can record them..which is an offence in its self.lol.
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Reply by becca46GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:55 PM
becca46 anyone who has listen to one of my song ever .thanks so much !!Quote
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Reply by cottonsocksGOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:56 PM
cottonsocks just about to reply to comments and do some commenting and singWell I'll sing anything [hugs] so you do what you must ...and thank you for the updates Trevor
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Reply by Binky-GOLD on March 28, 2008 at 2:58 PM
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Reply by LynXeR on March 28, 2008 at 2:59 PM
OMG i have lost so many songs due to this... it really does bite. hopefully at some point this can be sorted and we get these songs back.
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