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# Piracy At Billboard? Magazine Publishes Ex-Warner Exec’s Blog Post Without Asking
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/piracy-at-billboard-magazine-publishes-ex-warner-execs-blog-post-without-asking/
- Published: 2011-03-30T11:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-03-30T11:45:00.000Z
- Description: It's probably a honest mistake, but I had to chuckle when Techdirt's Mike Masnick noticed a tweet from former Warner Brothers Records digital executive Ethan Kaplan that Billboard had republished. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/piracy-at-billboard-magazine-publishes-ex-war
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Songwriting & Music Publishing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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It's probably a honest mistake, but I had to chuckle when Techdirt's [Mike Masnick](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110328/17452113659/you-would-think-recording-industrys-main-magazine-wouldnt-copy-others-works-without-permission.shtml?ref=hypebot.com) noticed [a tweet](https://twitter.com/?ref=hypebot.com#!/ethank/statuses/52524366566653953) from former Warner Brothers Records digital executive [Ethan Kaplan](http://www.blackrimglasses.com/?ref=hypebot.com) that Billboard had [republished](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/guest-post-ethan-kaplan-wishes-death-to-1005097602.story?ref=hypebot.com) one of his blog posts without ever asking permission. Ethan wasn't really upset, but the incident was particularly amusing at Hypebot central because Ethan's really good about answering his email. I know that because we'd republished another post "[The Death of the Album and Birth of Release](https://www.hypebot.com/the-death-of-the-album-and-birth-of-release/)" by him a week ago with his full consent. Here, however, is **the bigger question:**

Did Billboard remember to get permission from CMT executive and [FurtureHitDNA](http://blog.futurehitdna.com/?ref=hypebot.com) author Jay Frank to republish his blog post on "[Breaking the Digital Oligopoly](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/guest-blogger-jay-frank-on-breaking-the-1005100552.story?ref=hypebot.com)"?