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| ASCAP Gives Radio Internet Simulcast Rights |
| on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 04:44 AM Posted by: elliot |
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced on October 18, 2004. that it has reached a 1.7 billion dollar deal with the Radio Music License Committee to let stations simulcast their on-air content over the Internet.
Read the article at CNet News. |
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| NY District Court Strikes Music Bootlegging Law |
| on Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 05:30 AM Posted by: elliot |
U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. dismissed a federal indictment of Jean Martignon, who runs a Manhattan mail-order and Internet business that sells bootleg recordings. The judge struck down a 1994 law banning the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, ruling the law unfairly grants "seemingly perpetual protection" to the original performances. Cf. U.S. v. Moghadam, 175 F 3d 1269, 1272 (11th Cir. 1999).
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| De Minimus Sampling Illegal |
| on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 09:18 AM Posted by: elliot |
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (TN) held digital sampling of a sound recording, no matter how minimal, constitutes copyright infringement. See Bridgeport Music, Inc. et al. v. Dimension Films et al.; Case Nos. 02-6521, 03-5738; September 7, 2004. Read the decision here.
Cf. Newton v. Diamond, Horowitz, and Yauch; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (CA), 349 F 3rd 591, Nov. 4, 2003. Read the decision here. |
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| MP3 Developers Adding Digital Rights Management |
| on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 06:45 AM Posted by: elliot |
Thomson and Fraunhofer, the companies that license and own the patents to MP3 digital music technology, are creating a new digital rights management add-on for the popular format, which should be available by the end of 2004.
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| Parody of a Musical Composition |
| on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 11:50 AM Posted by: elliot |
| Is parody a viable defense to claimed copyright infringement of a purely musical composition by the author of the initial work? |
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| Online Music To Boom in 2004 |
| on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 07:14 PM Posted by: elliot |
Online music piracy isn't likely to vanish soon, but the rise of paid online services and the growing popularity of portable digital music players portends greater demand for digital music next year and better fortunes for the embattled recording industry, music executives said. Taking a mostly positive outlook on an industry racked by a three-year slide in CD sales, executives for recording companies and Internet music retailers told hundreds at the Music 2.0 conference in Universal City that online music sales should take off in 2004.
Read the article at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-08-music-outlook_x.htm. |
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