Copyright & Media Update 12/29/17
As we publish our last copyright update of 2017, we would like to take a moment to wish everyone a new year filled with…
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Copyright & Media Update 12/22/17
Court of Appeals Sides With Songwriters, Publishers on Fractionalized Licensing: ‘This Is a Massive Victory’ BY ED CHRISTMAN: As the music industry heads into…
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The FCC Just Shrunk the Music Industry The FCC just murdered net neutrality. And that’s probably bad news most of us in the music…
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Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora Could Face Billions In ‘Fast Lane’ Surcharges BY PAUL RESNIKOFF: What’s the real cost of ditching net neutrality? Potentially…
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The California Supreme Court Won’t Decide on Oldies Copyrights Until 2018 BY PAUL RESNIKOFF: Should copyrights extend to pre-1972 recordings? The California Supreme Court…
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Breaking: Florida Supreme Court Rules That Oldies Recordings are Public Domain BY PAUL RESNIKOFF: So this complicates things a bit. A bombshell decision from…
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Spotify Launches New Playlist Pitching System for Labels BY STUART DREDGE: Spotify has moved to formalise the process by which major and independent labels…
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Copyright Office Publishes Updates to Compendium BY TERRICA CARRINGTON: The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices—often referred to simply as the Compendium—outlines the official…
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What Does “Tangible” Mean in Copyright? BY JONATHAN BAILEY: In the Copyright Act of 1976 Chapter 1 Section 102(a) (the first section after the…
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Why should I register my work if copyright protection is automatic? COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE: Since copyright protection is automatic from the moment a work is…
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