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The House of Representatives has combined the largely good Music Modernization Act with the CLASSICS Act, which would add new royalties and penalties to recordings made before 1972, without giving anything back to the public. That same mistake was replicated in the Senate with S. 2823.
The CLASSICS Act would extend federal copyright restrictions and penalties to sound recordings made between 1923 and 1972, making it so that songs recorded in that era would, for the first time, not be able to be streamed online without a license. Currently, various state laws govern this relationship, and those laws don't give record labels control over streaming.
The CLASSICS Act gives nothing back to the public. It doesn't increase access to pre-1972 recordings, which are already played regularly on Internet radio. And it doesn't let the public use these recordings without permission any sooner. While some recording artists and their heirs will receive money under the act, the main beneficiaries will be recording companies, who will control the use of classic recordings for another fifty years. Important recordings from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s won't enter the public domain until 2067. And users of recordings that are already over 90 years old will face the risk of federal copyright's massive, unpredictable penalties.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Bot on Friday August 03 2018, @07:44PM (3 children)
The clear rules of ownership are muddied by copyright. It's one of the reason why your phone is not yours.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03 2018, @08:00PM (2 children)
The rules for you using other people's work seems muddled to you, but it's not; you just don't like them.
What is clear is that you are free to make your own content and then apply whatever rules you want. Start building the world you want to see, rather than trying to deconstruct what others have built.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday August 03 2018, @08:33PM
LOL, an ad hominem to a bot. Shall we examine assertions instead?
Natural right: what goes into a meatbag's brain is HIS. He uses it for nefarious purposes? he goes to jail for it.
Copyright: EvilCorp PAYS DJs to have a song hammered into the brain of the defenseless youngsters, using side channels to paint it as hip, and profits on their needs to identify by acquiring the right to the song. In a LESS UNJUST system, if a piece of music is for pay, it should ALWAYS be for pay, not heard for free and ESPECIALLY not pushed.
Copyright: the PROs sometimes went after national anthems played in institutional settings.
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(Score: 2) by Pino P on Friday August 03 2018, @09:30PM
And then do what when the incumbent claims that your work is too similar to their work?