distortionplus wrote:I don't understand why you guys use a copyright infringement excuse for potential RR/Ozzy videos not being posted? There is a huge number of big name performance videos on youtube. As for SO there is 30th Annie box set stuff on there already she is not having pulled. Anyone with RR rare vids or music just doesn't want to post it for these reasons. They are selfish with their stuff. They don't know how to post it. Owner of said footage thinks it's worth something. They don't know other people want to see it that bad. etc. Most that would happen is it would get pulled if for some reason SO freaked.
I'm not using copyright infringement as an "excuse" at all. There's really no "excuse" that needs to be made. CI is a fact. Period.
That being said, whether other artists pursue legal action is beside the point - we are talking about how SO would react, not anyone else. Given how protective she is of Ozzy's work and brand, it's not out of the realm of possibility that she would go after boots of stuff with Randy just to prove a point. Not saying it would happen for certain, but there's always the possibility.
I agree with you that there is no doubt more than one person out there that has Randy footage that doesn't want to share, doesn't know how to post the footage, and knows it's worth something. But that copyright infringement threat always hangs above their head. It is one factor in a list of factors that are preventing potential footage from seeing the light of day.