Tag Archive: copyright

Copyright Registration and other fees increase August 1st

Everybody knows that copyright registration is important, and that doing so in a timely fashion can provide a copyright owner a greater award in an infringement suit. With the current backlog of registrations in the Copyright office, it's especially important to get your ...

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Reflections on the fate of the music business as we know it.

A panel I attended recently at the Recording Academy addressed digital music, particularly the problems songwriters (and record labels, artists, etc.) have getting paid for their music, particularly in the face of file-sharers obtaining copies for free. A vocal majority on the panel, and in the audience seemed to take the position that the only ...

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The YouTube plot thickens…

Further follow up to my post on Wednesday regarding YouTube's automated audio-muting of user-generated videos containing unlicensed music..... According to this piece at the Hollywood Reporter.. YouTube is taking things a step further... allowing users to REPLACE offending music in video soundtracks with pre-cleared music....  (automatically?) I ask you again...  does ...

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