magnoliamountain
02-11-2008, 05:21 PM
Hi all,
Whether you're new to the forum, or you've been since 2003 when RAO began, I thought I'd quickly go through the rules for requesting songs in the Song Requests thread, for the sake of legal status of RAO-Forums and for the benefit of Ryan and The MFC.
Basically it's:
Allowed:
Live Recordings (there is a Live Shows thread)
Videos (such as live, foggy, fuzzy, horion74, DRA, etc.)
Unreleased Sessions (except ones noted below)
and Rare B-Sides & Bonus Tracks (Bakamomo's law)
Not Allowed:
Easy to buy CDs (official albums and Ep's)
Music Videos (easy to illegally rip audio from)
Elizabeth Town Sessions (recently leaked)
Swedish Sessions (due to Ryan's wishes) (sorry, we must respect Ry's wishes)
You may also want to read; what I call "Bakamomo's Law", an idea thought up by our member Bakamomo (much appreciated btw :p) that goes:
No posts of "Cardinology" or "Easy Tiger" b-sides or bonus tracks (via pm only) but free posts of old stuff.
It's a principal to only post stuff of less commerical importance. Sales of the new record could, to some degree be affected by us (at this time) publically sharing the bonus tracks.
But it's impossible to swing by the record store and buy a special edition of JCN or the "Wonderwall" single, or even buy this stuff on the Internet. Without the possibility to share rare bonus tracks or b-sides this forum would become less meaningful. For instance most concerts can be downloaded from Internet archive (www.archive.org) or RAA (www.ryanadamsarchive.com).
After all, we're hardcore fans who spend a lot of time here together beacuse we love Ryans music, not because we're cheap. For instance: if all b-sides were available through iTunes, I would gladly pay for them - despite the poor audio quality and the stupendous copy-protection.
Peace guys :)
Whether you're new to the forum, or you've been since 2003 when RAO began, I thought I'd quickly go through the rules for requesting songs in the Song Requests thread, for the sake of legal status of RAO-Forums and for the benefit of Ryan and The MFC.
Basically it's:
Allowed:
Live Recordings (there is a Live Shows thread)
Videos (such as live, foggy, fuzzy, horion74, DRA, etc.)
Unreleased Sessions (except ones noted below)
and Rare B-Sides & Bonus Tracks (Bakamomo's law)
Not Allowed:
Easy to buy CDs (official albums and Ep's)
Music Videos (easy to illegally rip audio from)
Elizabeth Town Sessions (recently leaked)
Swedish Sessions (due to Ryan's wishes) (sorry, we must respect Ry's wishes)
You may also want to read; what I call "Bakamomo's Law", an idea thought up by our member Bakamomo (much appreciated btw :p) that goes:
No posts of "Cardinology" or "Easy Tiger" b-sides or bonus tracks (via pm only) but free posts of old stuff.
It's a principal to only post stuff of less commerical importance. Sales of the new record could, to some degree be affected by us (at this time) publically sharing the bonus tracks.
But it's impossible to swing by the record store and buy a special edition of JCN or the "Wonderwall" single, or even buy this stuff on the Internet. Without the possibility to share rare bonus tracks or b-sides this forum would become less meaningful. For instance most concerts can be downloaded from Internet archive (www.archive.org) or RAA (www.ryanadamsarchive.com).
After all, we're hardcore fans who spend a lot of time here together beacuse we love Ryans music, not because we're cheap. For instance: if all b-sides were available through iTunes, I would gladly pay for them - despite the poor audio quality and the stupendous copy-protection.
Peace guys :)