YouTube’s Content ID System can help artists discover when copyrighted material is on the site and can even help direct viewers to buy it online, Jenkins said. What now? Though the SPCA video fulfilled its initial purpose to entertain fundraisers and volunteers, Lamb said, the stakes changed for staffers once they began hearing from those around the world who watched it and drew inspiration from it. “The emails from Bulgaria say the same things as the emails from Chile,” she said. “People say it made them feel connected to others.” ABBA’s “Take a Chance on Me” has been covered dozens of times by various artists from all over the world (including The Chipmunks). It was played at political rallies in 2008 by presidential candidate John McCain, who is a big ABBA fan. But using the 25-year-old song for adopting out kittens and puppies may not be in the cards – at least not legally. “We’re not promoting the bootlegged copies,” VanderSlik said. “But the Internet will do what the Internet does.” There’s already another bootleg on Vimeo, and a quick search on YouTube returned a half-dozen other versions. Meanwhile, shelter staff members are determined that the ABBA battle will not be their Waterloo. “We still want to work something out with the record company,” Lamb said. “I hold out hope that things will change.” Read more here: newsobserver/2013/02/03/2651411/abba-says-nej-to-wake-spcas-viral.html#storylink=cpy SHAME on Y O U .... ABBA ..... this was a CHANCE and a good idea from animallovers ...... and Y O U ABBA alllllllllllllll don`t DID IT ?
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