tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855282355764504688.post1532880410443980664..comments2022-12-29T06:44:33.533+02:00Comments on uaMuzik: A small bump in the road...to KoktebelVasyl Pawlowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04239362028337300884noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855282355764504688.post-69009397721758078782008-08-02T04:41:00.000+03:002008-08-02T04:41:00.000+03:00In a country (Ukraine) where human trafficking is ...In a country (Ukraine) where human trafficking is large, where corruption exists on every level from the top to the bottom, where as you say musicians borrow melodies from Western bands at will, where illegal CD/DVD factories exist, it is very strange that you singled out Ukrainian Music Matters for your diatribe. All that Ukrainian Music Matters was trying to accomplish was to spread the word about Ukrainian music and bands. There are plenty of articles written in Ukrainian and the websites are abundant but that was not my primary audience. <BR/><BR/>My audience was outside of Ukraine for all the people who have an interest in Ukrainian music but do not understand the language. I did my best to aggregate all the English language articles that I could find into one place. To promote artists so that maybe the rest of the world might get a chance to read about them and maybe see a video clip or hear a sample of their music.<BR/><BR/>I have never claimed that these are my articles. I have never put my name on these articles. I thought that it was pretty obvious that these articles were collected from all over the web and assembled into a blog. I should have included attribution to the articles, but that was my mistake. Many of the articles were taken right from the artists' website. I was once contacted by the article writer and asked to include their credit. No hostility and certainly no accusations.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should head on over to: www.ukrainians.ca, www.muzon.com, ftp.uar.net, ftp.ifra.net. These internet sites have massive archives of Ukrainian music available for download for FREE. I'm sure a few rights are being violated like copyright infringements, illegal distribution, unlawful storage, I think you get the idea.<BR/><BR/>Keeping a blog current and readers interested takes a lot of work and time. During the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest I was receiving 2000-3000 visitors per day at Ukrainian Music Matters. While their primary interest was Ani Lorak, I'm sure that they managed to check out some of the other artists. I was also spending 2-3 hours per day on UMM searching for articles, sizing images, site expansion, mobile device optimizations etc. Now that I've closed the site, thanks to you, I feel like a burden of work has been lifted off of my shoulders. Now I have more time to enjoy an Obolon or two.<BR/><BR/>I am personally offended and insulted being called a plagiarist and a thief of intellectual property. Maybe it's genetic for you but not for me. So now someone else can waste their time and realize the little or no appreciation for the efforts that are put forth. My aim was cultural expansion for Ukraine, nothing more, nothing less!Oresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075817444426765280noreply@blogger.com