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Bryan Adams Hires Web Sheriff to Round up Renegade Fan Sites

Online fans of Bryan Adams who visit his Dutch fan site will get the following message: "At this moment, we are not able to show you the website." Clicks to other unofficial Adams websites will yield similar results. Or the page is "under construction." Or, as is the case for bryanadams.nu, they'll be a "problem loading page." Do not reset your server and don't panic -- it's been a minute since Adams topped the charts, but the Canadian rocker is still happily recording and touring. These days, he's also protecting his online rights.

The Register, a UK-based "Sci/Tech News" outlet, reports that Adams enlisted the services of Web Sheriff to round up unofficial Bryan Adams websites and issue warnings to their owners: take down any unlicensed material, make sure you're not violating any copyrights and delete any link that leads to unacceptable (pirate or malicious) sites. Last year, Prince hired Web Sheriff for similar but more aggressive enforcement. At Adams request, Web Sheriff is politely asking the owners of these fan pages to sign a rights agreement before re-launching their sites.

So far, most have been cooperative. After all, Bryan Adams fans have never been known as the rabble-rouser type.

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dan brisebois

As the author of CanadianBands.com - I was disgusted to receive a threatening letter from Web Sheriff yesterday, telling me to take down my bio and discography of adams. in short, he's still annoyed because there are still sites out there, including mine, that won't buckle to pressure and agree to censorship. the facts are bryan adams recorded a disco single before signing with a&m, and he was part of sweeney todd for a brief period before that. i have no problem with artists getting angry over sites that are selling bootleg cds or have mp3s for download. this case was pure censorship at its worst, which i refused to abide by.

April 02 2010 at 12:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ericaawitch

Bryan Adams used to be my favorite!!Actually all hot cougars on " Agelessmatch.com " go crazy about him;they would kill to marry a man like him!! hope this is gonna working out for him!

November 02 2008 at 12:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply