On 11/16/05, Keith Old keithold@gmail.com wrote:
That seems sensible to me. In the articles, they are facts about an artists career. We might also want to put this information on the WP:MUSIC page so as to develop a policy.
You could claim that they are US chart hits and leave it at that although that raises verifiabuility problems. For old charts, you could possibly look at using Cashbox charts as an alternative. Top 40 charts has a US chart listing as well for more modern times. see (http://top40-charts.com/)
The other problem is what happens in other countries if their charts do the same using Billboard as a precedent.
IANAL and all that, but as long as we are not replicating chunks of the chart verbatim, merely stating that so-and-so song reached X position on the chart, then there won't be any problems. We're not possibly infringing any copyrights by simply stating what they ranked the song as. However, if we had an article which listed the top forty for a particular week, or something, that would not be ok.
-- Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com