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Music Contracts, Music Deals, Copyright Law, Music Downloads
How to legally sell downloads of cover songs.
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“In the future, records will be made from records” ~ John Cage (1956)
Nearly a century ago, a new technology emerged that changed the music publishing industry forever by leaving a lasting impact on the law. That new technology was the piano roll essentially long perforated sheets that operated a player pianos keys. To make sure that musical compositions were widely available for reproduction as piano rolls and in other forms, Congress in 1909 enacted the Section 115 mechanical compulsory license. This statutory mechanism allows anyone who wants to make use of a musical work to obtain a license to reproduce and distribute phonorecords of the work, in exchange for paying a royalty set by statute, as long as the terms and conditions of Section 115 are followed. In the original 1909 Act, Congress set the statutory rate for reproducingand distributing musical works at 2 cents per song. Remarkably, this rate did not change for almost 70 years, until 1976
Every time a new technology comes along that affects the music industry it changes the industry. Piper Jaffray found 72% of teens own an MP3 player, and 79% of those are iPods. (2006)
IANAL. (I am not a lawyer.) TINLA. (This is not legal advice.) ~ ECP
The unfortunate truth is that anything can be copyrighted, at least for a time. Unlike the United States Patent Office, there is no one in the Copyright Office to verify the originality of the work to be copyrighted. However, I know of at least one federal case in which the court ruled that if the antiquity of a song can be proven, the copyright fails.
Word to the Wise:
Strength is not the law. The contract might SAY one thing, but getting it enforced? How many acts have never gotten the second half of their publishing guarantee after their record stiffed? How many acts have been cheated out of their royalties? You might have the RIGHT, but do you have the POWER! "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
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- References and Resources
- History of Licences
- Synchronization Rights
- How BMI pays its Royalties
- Music Industry Associations - Unions
- Music- Performing Rights Societies - Who to Join
- Music Mechanical Rights Societies and Collection Agencies
- The History of ASCAP and BMI
- Podcasting Licensing Agreement / Digital licensing Bill / Webcasting / Radio Streaming License
- Advice about securing permission to avoid copywrite violations. Who do we contact...pay...
- Is it in the Public Domain? How to find out.
MUSIC CONTRACT LAW Page 3
- The Circus Orientation: Marketing Your Music
- DRM TECHNOLOGY & THE LAW
Standard English Language vs Technical Language. The Future of digital music. - How to make it in the music business.
- Who makes money on Taxed Media?
- FYI INDIES Robinson-Patman Act
- AFM & AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund - Does anyone owe you money?
- Works For Hire
- Courtney Love issued a letter to the music industry
- World Intellectual Property Organization Geneva
- Production Deals, Contract Law, GRAY TUESDAY, DJ Dangermouse
- The MP3 Model Statement of Roger McGuinn The Byrds on “ The Future of Digital Music: Is There an Upside to Downloading?”
- Different Kinds of Licensing Rights
- How to Legally Sell Downloads of Cover Songs
- Statutory Royalty Rates
- CopyRight Issues: Use of early recordings for documentary vide
- Licensing Rights
Music | music law, distribution contracts, production deals
why file sharing is not thefT PAGE 4- Free Music Downloads: Why file sharing is not theft.
- Fair Use
- CALEA
- Digital Intellectual Property
- peer to peer file transfer / BitTorrent
- Technolgy Law and DRM language
- Courtney Love Manifesto / Bob Dylan / Dr. Mashup; or, Why Educators Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Remix
- Cheap Music Downloads - lala / allofmymp3
CONTRACTS AND MUSIC DEALS page 6
- Columbia Records and Stephen Foster
- YOUTUBE PARTNERSHIPS
- BITTORRENT DEALS WITH STUDIOS
- Britain reached an agreement over royalties for online music sales
- Larry Lessig / Loudeye /
- Plugola & Payola - "Radio and Concert Disclosure and Competition Act of 2005"
- Spitzer found Sony had funneled millions in money and prizes to radio broadcasters.
- Cost to Launch - internet and music distribution, statistics, future of music
- What's The Deal With Production Deals
Music Business Management
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False claims of the RIAA
Technolgy Law and DRM language
Scholars have explained the difference between technology, drm and the legal language that has been twisted and misused by Vendors and unexplained by the media, that aids the RIAA mass litigation strategy for making money.
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learn more about why file sharing is not theft and the false claims of the RIAA due to P2PKnow your Jury Rights
Learn how to use your Jury votes to control your government. Know how to defend yourself against the RIAA in a trial.
We The People control the law.The right of "Jury Nullification of Bad Law" is the ultimate right of the people to control their government.
The Grand Jury, and the Trial Jury were put in the system as separate powers. The Trial Jury Check is the most important check and the final check in the system of checks and balances. they are the check against all the others, because
EVERY JURY is allowed to Judge BOTH THINGS
1) the law itself !! -- is it just? is it right? or is it total crap and
2) the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
The jury's vote is the most important check against bad laws of politicians, and judges who have been corrupted.
The Jury nullification is an act of a jury (its verdict) intended to make an official rule, especially a statute, void in the context of a particular case.
In other words, "the process whereby a jury in a criminal case effectively nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless of the weight of evidence against him or her."
The underlying common law concepts firmly establish the fact that Jurors cannot be punished for their verdict. As well, jurors are not required to give a reason for the verdict they render. The fundamental right of Jurors to render their verdict based on conscience, individual sense of justice, and human duty, is basic to the preservation of Justice, and to our Lawful Society.
RESOURCES
THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF MUSIC COPYRIGHT LAWS
K-12 PRIMER - WHAT IS LEGAL IN THE SCHOOL CLASSROOM
"Are there any copyright restrictions for using music in classrooms? For example, if I wanted to use Billy Joel's song, "A Matter of Trust," could I? What if I just wanted to play the song or his CD, in general, before or after a class? Are there restrictions regarding what you can and cannot use in a class setting? What about before or after the class?"
- FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS WHY FILE SHARING IS NOT THEFT
- COPYRIGHT <> COPYLEFT
- Courtney Love gave an excellent unedited speech
- Debunking of RIAA's claim that their revenue decline is due to piracy.
- John and Alan Lomax, who also devoted themselves to collecting and preserving traditional folk music, took the controversial step of copyrighting in their own names the songs they collected, as if they had written the songs themselves.
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