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songs stolen (Intellectual Property)

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:04:00 GMT

Tennessee
a couple(2)of my songs have shown up on a compilation CD being sold by
a small production company in England.they are also listing me as a
contracted artist on their webpage.these songs were recorded back
in the early 90's,and were never meant for release.they were just
demos.there was a guy from England in the studio when i recorded
them,and now he is with this production in England and selling my
songs without my permission.i don't know how they can say that
i'm one of their"contracted artists".i'de never even heard of this
company until a friend told me about it,and i definately never
signed any kind of contract with them.the only connection is
the English guy that was hanging around the studio when i
recorded these 2 songs.is there anything i can do about this,
and do other things come into play whith him doing this on
the internet and outside of the U.S.A.?
Myke

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