Six66Mike
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Record labels sued for copyright violations by artists
This is too funny to comprehend given the constant attack on P2P piracy. Class action lawsuit covering Pending Lists where labels owe money dating
back to the 80's and never pay, therefore using the music without a valid copyright license.
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/735096--geist-record...
CRIA (Canada's RIAA) admits to owing atleast $50m and if the suit is successful it will be closer to $6bn, given the "industry standard" $20,000 per
infringement.
I hope the CRIA loses and these companies are forced to pay for every breach.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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fascinating article, thank you.
please keep us posted if you hear any updates on this.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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This is really cool, I'm always glad to hear about this kind of justice finally coming around.
Veritas odium parit
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jonnynewbreed
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I'm following this very closely as I teach copyright and music publishing at the college in town. It all has to do with the variance between US and
Canadian Copyright law.
You see, the US has what's called a compulsory mechanical license which means that I can cover a Blood for Blood song without their permission as long
as I pay the prescribed rate of 8.1 cents per song per unit pressed (typically to the Harry Fox Agency). Canada had that until 1985 when the RIAA
voted it out...stupid choice. What that means is that the publisher/artist must negotiate directly with the label for their rate and the label isn't
allowed to simply release music if they want.
It's very interesting and will undoubtedly change Canadian copyright law forever.
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Mark Lind
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jonnynewbreed
You see, the US has what's called a compulsory mechanical license which means that I can cover a Blood for Blood song without their permission as long
as I pay the prescribed rate of 8.1 cents per song per unit pressed (typically to the Harry Fox Agency). |
That actually isn't 100% true but I'm not really certain of what the rules are. An artist CAN reject you from covering their song. I know that
Dropkick Murphys had to solicit the permission of the Kingston Trio in order to release "Skinhead" on their Do or Die album. If you look up the sites
for some of those publishing companies they have a list of artists that you can go ahead and cover songs by without getting permission first. For
example, look up the publishing company that Paul McCartney owns. It's been months since I looked at it but it says (for example) that you can go
ahead and record a version of Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" but that's his only selection that he's giving the green light on. All others need to be
confirmed.
Another popular myth is that you can cover any bands' song live without permission. A dude that played in Sinners & Saints left a previous band that
he wrote the songs for. He got a cease and desist order that prevented them from playing his music live. The myth stems from the fact that if you get
up and play a Beatles song live then there's little chance that Ringo is gonna hear about it. But they could stop you if they wanted.
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