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posted by chromas on Friday August 03 2018, @06:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the copywrong dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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: 5, Interesting) by noneof_theabove on Friday August 03 2018, @10:54PM (2 children)

    by noneof_theabove (6189) on Friday August 03 2018, @10:54PM (#717013)

    PROVE IT JACKASS !

    I'm a Realist, look at both sides and make and educated decision.
    To prove it, the optimist says the glass is half full, the pessimist says the glass is half empty.
    The realist says shite for brains you got the wrong glass.

    Do you like paying 18-24% of your income so the "Coke Bros" can pay less taxes than they pay their secretary?

    So how about a "realist" method.

    Federal Ingress Egress Tax System [F.E.I.T.S pronounced "feets"].
    2% taken out when money traverses the banking system "into" an account.
    2% taken out when funds traverse the bank "going out" of an account.

    So 4% tax. NO OTHER no IRS, now state, city, etc. it is all inside the electronic banking system.
    But what about the time you called that bill board number to call Jesus for Help and an hour later a mexican showed up with a lawn mower.
    Well you had to run down to the ATM and pull $50 + $1 for 2% out going tax.
    Then Jose took it to the store for groceries and the store payed 2% getting stuff [out going $] on the shelf and 2% when sold [2% income to store] and that is 4%.
    Want a McMansion for $20M well that will cost you 2% from you bank and the Realty agency 2% when they deposit the sell so each payed $400,000 tax.
    Wall Street shuffling TRILLIONS a day under the table with no tax.....STOPPED the stock sell and buyer each pay 2% of that 1M shares.

    So what is that to the Feds?
    26 TRILLION A YEAR. This year budget 3.8T and will end up at about 4.2 [if someone takes the checkbook away from the Orange Buffoon]
    Education for all, medical costs for all, veteran fairly compensated and health covered, no collapsing bridges, or pot holes on the roads.
    NATIONAL DEBT GONE THE FIRST YEAR.
    INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLETED SECOND YEAR then a re-evaluation to 1.5% maybe 1% [still 13T a year]

    Oh, and the only thing I know on this planet, that uses oxygen and is not social are snakes and lawyers. Birds, bees, people, fish EVERY last species IS SOCIAL.

    Thing are only complicated because complicated creates confusion and confusion results in smoke, mirrors, and lies to cover up the theft of the Rethuglical Party.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @10:24PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @10:24PM (#717341)

    what about cash transactions?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:52AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:52AM (#717474)

      and more importantly, foreign cash and gold/diamonds transactions.