Black-and-white photo of three soldiers riding

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A gritty black-and-white historical image shows three soldiers in combat gear with rifles in an open military jeep, patrolling a quiet urban street lined with shopfronts. The scene conveys wartime mobility, camaraderie, and tension, with muted tones, rugged textures, and a spare tire mounted on the jeep, evoking a World War II-era conflict vibe.

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• @CaylaCatz · Feb 2, 2026

  @DavidP Gotye made his song "someone I used to know" open so anyone can sing it. So you maybe right that it's also coming from the artists. It's rare to find an artist who has had a hit and is willing to let his song be sung without payment. Yeah that's harsh when they withdraw permission. Twitch is known for livestreaming games. There was a game where people sang duets. Well people started livestreaming playing the game so the two people were not even in the same country although they had the same game. It started becoming a popular thing to do on Twitch. The music companies jumped on board and told Twitch they could not allow livestreaming of the game even though the game had permissions to use the song. The music industry wanted the game to only be played locally with local people and not virtually. I actually think it was shortsighted. It was a way for songs to be introduced to lots of people simply because gamers were singing it. But no, the game got banned on Twitch.

• @DavidP · Feb 2, 2026

  Interesting idea - I am not sure how it all works. I expect there is some kind of algorithm behind it. - A really controverial topic, often focussed on what constitutes 'fair use' of copyrighted (is that the word) material. - Some of the big publishing houses are notorious for this (don't ask me the name, but think OMG maybe) And as I say certain artists. I am not close but can also be, maybe, that Don Henley as actively demanding it whereas Bob Dylan may be blissfully unaware - JustinGuitar has a partnership with a company that built an app that is essentially guitar karaoke ie play along with an original song. And many times the rights-holders withdraw license to use a song in the App.

• @DavidP · Feb 1, 2026

  Really appreciate all the time and effort you putting into setting this up and consolidating all the images. I really enjoyed it - believe it or not, after we spoke about "I don't like Mondays" on Tuesday, last night at our virtual Community Open Mic, somebody played that song. First time I recall hearing somebody cover it in the Community - and before you asked (he said optimistically assuming you would 🤣) I played a couple of songs. A Deep Purple ballad 'Wasted Sunsets' and an acoustic classic from the Foo Fighters "Times Like These"

• @DavidP · Feb 1, 2026

  We have on occasion done some live streams. But these OMs are run in Zoom, recorded, and posted on a YT channel afterwards - mostly it is OK to record and share covers. Generally either nothing happens or you get a note to say it is copyrighted and any money will accrue to the holder. There are some (polite words fail me) like Don Henley of Eagles fame who block the post.

• @CaylaCatz · Feb 1, 2026

  @DavidP I think there may be more Sunday images later so I'll add them as I find them. So the recap may change

• @DavidP · Feb 1, 2026

  Thanks very much, both for image appreciation and the link to the recap

• @CaylaCatz · Feb 1, 2026

  Strong image! Here's the latest recap. https://budgetpixel.com/p/6992

• @mim86 · Feb 2, 2026

  Lovely work David. Very emotional really.

• @CaylaCatz · Feb 1, 2026

  @DavidP I think it's usually the studio that decides how much to take or block, isn't it? To me, that's not the problem. The problem is YT knows the % or blocks for each song cuz you get notified pretty quickly. So my take is they should put up a list showing that info. People can make informed choices when they post then. The blocked ones wouldn't get performed and people might perform a set of songs that shares more of the %. Since, updating can be automated, YT could update the list as soon as a studio changes their %/block. Since you can't backdate a requirement, anyone previous to that change still remains under whatever terms they posted on. So say someone posts when a song is 50% and the next day the studio changes to 100%. The studio can't go in and take 100% cuz it was posted before the change and there should be a record of this. People could take snapshots of the list at the time they post. Over time more sharing songs would become more popular & random punishments would halt.

• @DavidP · Feb 2, 2026

  This is becoming a big thing in the industry. Lots of people quote the argument that the covers and content focused on the songs and artists will give visibility. But as always where big money is involved humans are often short-sighted, overly greedy etc. But shan't climb up onto the soapbox.

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