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Everything You Need to Know About SOPA and the New Copyfight
You may have heard rumblings and grumblings about a Senate bill that would “effectively destroy“ YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Google+, and any other service that lets people post things on the internet. If a “directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link" is found to distribute content without permission, the PROTECT IP Act (.pdf) [its House equivalent ...
"Record Companies Keep Lists of Works Exploited... for Which Royalties Have Not Been Paid"
If you're signed to a major label, you might want to look away. This is from a class action lawsuit filed against the major labels in Canada, alleging non-payment of royalties on compilation releases. The initial claim was filed in 2008 for $50 million, and ultimately settled this year for $45 million. The defendant labels were ...
Danish Anti-Piracy Group: "The Market Will Die if Grooveshark Continues..."
If you want to dismantle Grooveshark, then you'll probably need to dismantle the DMCA as well. Or, you can try this: in Denmark, anti-piracy group RettighedsAlliancen is now demanding that ISPs block Grooveshark, and pushing that demand through the local court system. That closely follows a similar action against the Pirate Bay in the region, an ...
Hillary Clinton Says Anti-Piracy and Internet Freedoms Are "Mutually Consistent..."
Can you clamp down on piracy, without clamping down on free speech and internet freedoms? In a recent letter sent to Representative Howard Berman (D-California), Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton offered her strong support, while underscoring that “internet freedoms" and “intellectual property protections" were “mutually consistent." Berman is a co-sponsor of the tough Stop Online ...
Copyright Industries Employ Nearly 11 Million Americans...
f you're looking for a hot-button topic to jolt things along, try jobs. According to a report presented by the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus this morning, copyright industries employed 10.6 million Americans in 2010, or nearly 10 percent of the private workforce. You can see where this is going. The report, 'Copyright Industries In the US,' ...
Warning: Every Musician's Digital Performance Royalties Are at Risk
Recording artists and indie labels: there¹s a movement afoot to change the way that you would receive your digital public performance royalties, and it¹s not a good one, especially for recording artists. Back in August, FMC blogged about the news that Sirius/XM was considering doing a direct licensing deal, expressing our serious displeasure with the move. ...
Tunecore Takes On Songwriter Royalties with New Game Changing Service
(UPDATE 2) With today's launch of a new service, TuneCore hopes to help revolutionize songwriter royalty collection as it did digital music distribution. The company's Songwriter Publishing Administration Service helps navigate the confusing world of global performing rights organizations (PROs) and speeds often slow payments directly to the creator. Tunecore has also cut direct deals with ...
What You Need to Know About the New Copyfight
You may have heard rumblings and grumblings about a Senate bill that would “effectively destroy“ YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Google+, and any other service that lets people post things on the internet. If a “directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link" is found to distribute content without permission, the PROTECT IP Act (.pdf) would allow copyright ...
The Net Neutrality Mixtape: Dropping November 20th!
It's a potent playlist of regulatory oversight, and it's officially dropping November 20th! That's when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially enters its net neutrality guidelines into the Federal Register, a move that will almost certainly be greeted with a fresh batch of lawsuits and opposition. At a top level, net neutrality would make it illegal ...
Big Copyright Extensions: They Just Don't Trickle Down...
It's starting to look obvious: sweeping, long-term copyright extensions simply benefit major labels and rich artists, and few others. And that still seems to be the case for soon-to-be-implemented copyright extensions on recordings in Europe, despite some nods to smaller musicians. The quick catch-up: Instead of 50 years, this latest legislation extends it to 70, which ...
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