Music industry hails passage of the Music Modernization Act
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#2https://archive.is/wE4qo
Viva la GDPR...
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#3Pretty bad journalism. The article is full of what other people think of this act without ever revealing what really this new act does!
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#4What does the new act entail? This article is severely lacking on that front.
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#5The act is complicated and difficult to summarise, but they didn't even try.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Modernization_Act
Unlike most Wikipedia articles, reading just the first paragraph is not, in this case, enough.
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#6What does the new act entail? This article is severely lacking on that front.
Apparently it "ensures artists receive the compensation they are owed, encourages fair industry competition, and protects the intellectual property rights of studios nationwide—among other benefits."[0] However, I find it difficult to find anything about how this is actually implemented. Apart from this: "t changes the procedure by which millions of songs are made available for streaming on these services and limits the liability a service can incur if it adheres to the new process. It funds the creation of a comprehensive database with buy in from all the major publishers and digital service providers." [1] Which to me sounds very vague.
Found this also. "The MMA is a bill to be added to legislation with the goal of establishing a new collecting society, called the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), that would be empowered to provide a blanket license for streaming services to companies, covering mechanical rights in any songs not otherwise covered by a digital company’s direct deals with music publishers."[2] So if I interpret this quote correctly, it basically means that there's going to be some sort of organisation chaperoning artist and music makers without a license to their music, collecting a license fee from streaming services and paying it to said musicians and music makers?
[0]https://mashable.com/article/music-modernization-act-your-mo...
[1] https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8216857/music-mo...
[2]https://blog.songtrust.com/what-is-the-music-modernization-a...
Re: Music industry hails passage of the Music Modernization Act
#7> is that it guarantees that writers of pre-1972 songs receive federal copyright protection
it is a sad day for the constution, and for the Public....
Nothing pre-1972 should have any copyright at all at this point, Copyright should be for 14 years + a single 14 year extension if the Human Creator is still alive to file for the extension.
28 years is the MAXIMUM anything should be copyrighted for, 14 years if the copyright is held by a company
The erosion of a vibrant Public Domain catalog is one of the greatest travesties of modern human civilization
Re: Music industry hails passage of the Music Modernization Act
#8> is that it guarantees that writers of pre-1972 songs receive federal copyright protection it is a sad day for the constution, and for the Public.... Nothing pre-1972 should have any copyright at all at this point, Copyright should be for 14 years + a single 14 year extension if the Human Creator is still alive to file for the extension. 28 years is the MAXIMUM anything should be copyrighted for, 14 years if the cop…
> The erosion of a vibrant Public Domain catalog is on of the greatest travesties of modern human civilization
Ok, well I was with you until that last point. This is not one of the “greatest” travesties compared to wars, genocides, concentration camps, torture, mass murders, pillage, etc. Some cultures were literally wiped from history, and it puts things in perspective.
We can hopefully fix copyright with future legislation, but it’s not like all the material was destroyed forever.
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#9Why is it I'm so dubious that anything "hailed by the Music Industry" will prove beneficial for anyone except the corporations who own the copyrights?
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#10> is that it guarantees that writers of pre-1972 songs receive federal copyright protection it is a sad day for the constution, and for the Public.... Nothing pre-1972 should have any copyright at all at this point, Copyright should be for 14 years + a single 14 year extension if the Human Creator is still alive to file for the extension. 28 years is the MAXIMUM anything should be copyrighted for, 14 years if the cop…
> The erosion of a vibrant Public Domain catalog is on of the greatest travesties of modern human civilization Ok, well I was with you until that last point. This is not one of the “greatest” travesties compared to wars, genocides, concentration camps, torture, mass murders, pillage, etc. Some cultures were literally wiped from history, and it puts things in perspective. We can hopefully fix copyright with future leg…
Some of the more obscure stuff does end up lost entirely. This is more of a problem with digital formats, especially games, where copying is intrinsic to preservation. The arcade machines with self-wiping "DRM" systems are a particularly strong example. Most of the old Doctor Who episodes that have been recovered have been from copies that were not supposed to have existed.