what do you think about brians' (re-)action at the myspace?

i believe that his reaction was completely valid. there are more teen queen fans coming these days (inclunding me), and being a wee bit vulnerable, they may not know it's someone else preying on them. so yeah. brian, i believe, is just looking out for all of us. :)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Isis wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Rogers Eye Bags wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I think Brian is totally justified to his opinion and his reaction to the MySpace situation. To me, this MySpace thing is creepy. I would not trust anyone on it. You can make everything up, pretend to be someone you are not (which is what happened in Brian's case)and cause a lot of harm. Again, I don't blame Brian at all for his reaction.[/QUOTE]

LOL and you are really 'Rogers Eye Bags' on your birth certificate. [/QUOTE]

Hey, how did you guess - it really is. Seriously.

I say he's right. I mean, how would you feel if someone was impersonating YOU?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=dark red>MamaKin wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I say he's right. I mean, how would you feel if someone was impersonating YOU?[/QUOTE]

Yeah but see; I just *was* impersonated. It's funny!

Nevermind, it's obviously not the kind of humour that goes well here and far be it for me to stir up trouble.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=dark red>MamaKin wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I say he's right. I mean, how would you feel if someone was impersonating YOU?[/QUOTE]

I dont think that is okay, but.. is there any person in the spotlight that does not get such over him or her?

Just my 6 pence ;-)

Getting rid of the entire myspace.com are a bit strong words, aren't they?

I can imagen that Brian doesn't consider it to be funny to be impersonated...

Just like he doesn't like people who buy a Red Special because they want to play or sound like him...

If he wants to make a fuss about it, let him be, he is entitled to do so...

But to close myspace where someone tells about the tricks they tought their dog just because one person was joking about him or stealing his identity is waaaaay tooo much imo...

I usually like it when Brian gets upset, he is more genuine that way...

I think he was right about asking to close that impersonators webspace, but I disagree that a hundred million people has to suffer because of one person...

Yes, of course I mean the impersonator ;-)



Tony

my biggest regret about this whole situation is that the issue has begun to completely dominate the queen central myspace group...:(

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]S@turn wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=dark red>MamaKin wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I say he's right. I mean, how would you feel if someone was impersonating YOU?[/QUOTE]

I dont think that is okay, but.. is there any person in the spotlight that does not get such over him or her?
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Mmmm... I suppose it happens to a lot of celebrities now and again, but it's still wrong.

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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Isis wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It's not hard to tell the ages of the people posting in this topic, is it?
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It is not just kids in there and have you seen the amount of bands and promoters in myspace? Dave Navarro is in there also and his network is MASSIVE and so many many more. [/QUOTE]

By no means did my post suggest that everyone was a teenager. I do fully realize how big a network MySpace is, and that it's not just teenagers on there. I was referring to the attitudes of certain people on the subject, and how easy it is to tell the difference between the teenagers who think it's a cool site, and more mature people who see the risks involved.

but see, it's not actually that simple, if you go back and check the ages of the posters...i've seen quite a few teens who are siding with brian. and vice versa, with pro-myspace adults.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color="33CC00">macbethscrazywife wrote: [/QUOTENAME]but see, it's not actually that simple, if you go back and check the ages of the posters...i've seen quite a few teens who are siding with brian. and vice versa, with pro-myspace adults.[/QUOTE]

Exactly. I'm with Brian.

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I don't know any details about Brian's "fight" against Myspace but it's well possible that things would not have escalated if the website had responded to the initial complaint.

The Felix Taylor site has nothing to do with the issue. I do not see why Brian should not complain about what he feels is wrong only because Felix or other people have a site there.

What you said about the copyright issue:

" When anyone takes out a myspace page Murdoch has set it up that everything and I mean EVERYTHING you put up on their spaces he owns copyright's to. This means in real terms that Murdoch potentially could own copyright's to every song in there, every image, every word ever typed."

I do not believe that such a "terms of use" provision can hurt copyright. Tunes and images can freely be uploaded and if they are copyrighted, this copyright does not end only because someone uploaded them to Myspace. QP are selling the Felix and Arty song via iTune and I do not believe that Murdoch would try to stop them only because the song has been hosted on Myspace. Of course, it could be difficult if a band uploads material that has not been copyrighted - just another reason to be careful about Myspace.

The way I see it - some nut on the internet calling himself Brian May on Myspace shouldn't be a problem (it's a gullibility test), but yeah, if you get caught it should be a simple matter for the 'real' person to have you removed from the site. Fair crack of the whip, if the real guy comes along you should put your hand up for some kind of penalty.