Cultcow Russell Greer / Mr. Green / @ just_some_dude_named_russell29 / A Safer Nevada PAC - Swift-Obsessed Sex Pest, Convicted of E-Stalking, "Eggshell Skull Plaintiff" Pro Se Litigant, Homeless, aspiring brothel owner

[The Great Citracett]

I swear if he actually follows through with this, I'll write and record my own parody cover of it called "E-thot," all about his various antics.

 

[DrJonesHat]

I swear if he actually follows through with this, I'll write and record my own parody cover of it called "E-thot," all about his various antics.

You should, and if you don't get a Grammy for it, blame Russ. It's clearly his fault.

 

[Kosher Salt]

I wonder if he knows what licenses he needs to purchase to record a cover.

 

[moseph.jartelli]

I wonder if he knows what licenses he needs to purchase to record a cover.

It's Russ! Copywrite law doesn't apply to him. It hasn't crossed his mind.

 

[DSP's Tax Lawyer]

It's Russ! Copywrite law doesn't apply to him. It hasn't crossed his mind.

Copyright law is for him to sue others. Others aren't allowed to use copyright against him. If someone does, he will sue them for harassment

 

[AnOminous]

I wonder if he knows what licenses he needs to purchase to record a cover.

Since we all know Russhole reads this shit, let's just put him on notice that if he intends to do a cover of a Billy Joel song, he's actually legally entitled to do that. However, if it is for commercial purposes, such as advancing the musical career he is obviously seeking, he would need to obtain something called a "mechanical license," which is a way anyone can do a cover of a copyrighted song, with or without the IP owner's approval, by paying a statutory fee per copy.

It can be difficult to find out exactly who to contact to obtain this, though. (Also fuck you Harry Fox Agency for unrelated reasons.)

But luckily for you, Russ, I happen to know.

Gelfand Rennert & Feldman LLP
1880 Century Park East #1600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Royalty-info@grfllp.com

You better pay those motherfuckers if you're planning to do that shit.

Or don't.

Fuck around and find out.

 

[The Great Citracett]

As much as I want to see him do this himself, singing, dancing, playing the keytar in the red suit, I have a feeling he's just going to put his "pop spin" on it with a singer and studio musicians.

Then he's just gonna slap his name and face on the cover because he's the star who came up with the new pop arrangement.

 

[DSP's Tax Lawyer]

As much as I want to see him do this himself, singing, dancing, playing the keytar in the red suit, I have a feeling he's just going to put his "pop spin" on it with a singer and studio musicians.

Then he's just gonna slap his name and face on the cover because he's the star who came up with the new pop arrangement.

Don't ruin our dreams like this

 

[thismanlies]

As much as I want to see him do this himself, singing, dancing, playing the keytar in the red suit, I have a feeling he's just going to put his "pop spin" on it with a singer and studio musicians.

Then he's just gonna slap his name and face on the cover because he's the star who came up with the new pop arrangement.

I would like to take this time to express my condolences to the poor artist he commissions to sing his garbage. I thoroughly look forward to criticizing this upcoming song.

 

[drain]

Rusty's original songs are absolute pure shit, why does he think a fucking cover will be any better?

 

[artilleryfroth]

Since we all know Russhole reads this shit, let's just put him on notice that if he intends to do a cover of a Billy Joel song, he's actually legally entitled to do that. However, if it is for commercial purposes, such as advancing the musical career he is obviously seeking, he would need to obtain something called a "mechanical license," which is a way anyone can do a cover of a copyrighted song, with or without the IP owner's approval, by paying a statutory fee per copy.

It can be difficult to find out exactly who to contact to obtain this, though. (Also fuck you Harry Fox Agency for unrelated reasons.)

But luckily for you, Russ, I happen to know.

Gelfand Rennert & Feldman LLP
1880 Century Park East #1600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Royalty-info@grfllp.com

You better pay those motherfuckers if you're planning to do that shit.

Or don't.

Fuck around and find out.

Bless you. We all deserve to see him actually do this.

 

[JektheDumbass]

Rusty's original songs are absolute pure shit, why does he think a fucking cover will be any better?

>Implying Billy Joel won't be so impressed Russ improved his song he'd order his wife and daughter to suck Russ his penis

Get with it, man!

 

[Damien Thorne]

Russ has to rape one of my favorite Billy Joel songs now. A song I grew up listening to. From one of my favorite all time albums.

Russ, I despise you even more now.

 

[Polexia Aphrodisia]

Oh come on, Billy Joel already wrote a song about Russell, why doesn't he cover that one?

edit: lyrics start around 2min

 

[The Un-Clit]

I swear if he actually follows through with this, I'll write and record my own parody cover of it called "E-thot," all about his various antics.

Ima hold you to this, fam!

 

[Cheesegirl78]

I thought Billy Joel held on to his music rights pretty tightly, can Russ even GET permission to do a Joel song?
Not 100% sure about how music rights work, I just remember reading that somewhere

 

[Constellationzero]

Well, you went to Twain Estates riding the city bus
With your finest rumpled suit
You had the Martinellis in your hand
And the Venmo dollar for those hoes
And when you wake up in the morning
With your head all trauma lumped
And your eyes too blurry to see
Go on and cry in your Malt-O-Meal cereal
But don't come bitchin' to me
Because you had to be a big shot, didn't you
You had to open up your mouth
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
All your stalking targets were so knocked out
You had to have the last word, last night
You know what everything's about
You and to have a Taylor Swift spotlight
You had to be a big shot last night

 

[AnOminous]

I thought Billy Joel held on to his music rights pretty tightly, can Russ even GET permission to do a Joel song?
Not 100% sure about how music rights work, I just remember reading that somewhere

There's something called a "mechanical license" which is how covers are often done. You simply pay a statutory fee and you can do a cover. One of the major agents for this is something called the Harry Fox Agency. It has to be an actual cover, though, not a derivative work like a parody (those are protected under fair use).

I hope that Russhole figures out he needs to do this. Not because I hope he does it successfully, but because it would be funny to see him fail at doing it.

 

[Pee Cola]

Oh it's even better than that...

He's trying to cover "Big Shot."

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And why is he doing this?
Let's peep those tags...
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Looks like someone just realized Billy's daughter is hot.
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Sure, she's engaged, but when has that ever stopped our boy?

Also her mother is model Christie Brinkley, who Russ has at least once also expressed a desire to bang.

What an odd choice of song to cover. If Russhole really wanted to try and woo Alexa, he'd cover "Uptown Girl". Y'know... the song about some greaseball who's trying to win over a woman that's several dozen notches higher than he is in the social strata.

That said, I'd love to hear Russhole cover "The Stranger". Even it's just the whistling parts.

There's something called a "mechanical license" which is how covers are often done. You simply pay a statutory fee and you can do a cover. One of the major agents for this is something called the Harry Fox Agency. It has to be an actual cover, though, not a derivative work like a parody (those are protected under fair use).

I hope that Russhole figures out he needs to do this. Not because I hope he does it successfully, but because it would be funny to see him fail at doing it.

It's interesting that mechanical licenses are handled by multiple agents in the States rather than one organisation covering a country's entire music industry (maybe it's due to the sheer size of the American industry?). I could see it getting messy for an artist that wants to cover multiple songwriters/composers where each one is signed to a different agency.

In other countries such things are often handled by a performing rights association. There's an incentive for professional musicians and/or songwriters to be a member of such an association, as it not only gives them rights to perform the work of other members, but it also enables said musicians and/or songwriters to collect royalties for their original compositions. Such organisations also collect fees from entities that use said music as part of their business, covering everything from radio stations to gyms.

 

[Offensive User Name]

I know that I shouldn't be surprised by Russ at this point, but he still manages to baffle me by his complete lack of self awareness. He's in the middle of a fucking lawsuit about copyright where he even have lawyers helping him who thinks that copyright should be stricter, and he goes of and do this? What the hell does his lawyers think? They will be portrayed as huge hypocrites.

Even so, I would not make much note of it if he did it out of love for Billy Joel and his music, perhaps just covering one of his favorite song or something, but of fucking course it's all because he just wants to bang Billy Joel's daughter. Ever the romantic, Russ.
He never does anything without an ulterior motive.

Edit for spelling