And we likely will for a while, because the Canadian arms of the big
music copyright owners can't seem to strike a deal with the internet.
Not exact matches
Music is protected by
copyright law, which provides exclusive rights to
copyright owners to perform or play their songs.
If someone plays
music without permission, they are infringing on the
copyright, and
copyright law allows the
owner to recover damages ranging from $ 750 per violation, to $ 150,000 if a court decides the infringement was willful.
Subscription - based
music download services such as this depend on the
copyright owner giving permission for their work to be distributed in this way.
So far, YouTube has struck deals with NBC Universal, CBS Corp. and with most of the major
music companies and is building a system that would help automate identification of videos containing
copyright material, and share af revenue with content
owners.
Rightscorp is well known in the video and
music industry with their digital loss prevention technology that tracks
copyright infringement and ensures that
owners and creators are rightfully paid for their IP.
They can be used for recording the
copyright owner, the distributor, the distribution chain or identifying the purchaser of the
music.
In terms of its internet and media consumption habits, the United Kingdom is pretty much the 51st state, but unlike the first 50, it's subject to its own
copyright regime and anyone wishing to distribute movies or
music needs to sign whole new agreements with content
owners.
All
music, artwork and artist names the
copyrights of their respective
owners.
Service www.Mp3va.com pays full - scale author's royalties to
owners of pieces of
music, trademarks, names, slogans and other
copyright objects used on the site.
Service www.MelodiShop.com pays full - scale author's royalties to
owners of pieces of
music, trademarks, names, slogans and other
copyright objects used on the site.
Service www.Mp3million.com pays full - scale author's royalties to
owners of pieces of
music, trademarks, names, slogans and other
copyright objects used on the site.
Lenz v. Universal
Music Corp., Nos. 13 - 16106, 13 - 16107, 2015 WL 5315388 (9th Circuit Sept. 14, 2015) adds additional work by a
copyright owner before they can use the US notice and takedown remedy.
Sullivan rejected ReDigi's first sale defense, holding that the defense «is limited to material items, like records, that the
copyright owner put into the stream of commerce» and finding that, in reselling digital
music, ReDigi is «distributing reproductions of the
copyrighted code embedded in new material objects, namely, the ReDigi server in Arizona and its users» hard drives.»
While this may sound strange if the work is a novel, it makes a lot of sense if the work is a play or sheet
music - those are designed to be performed but, if they are under
copyright, the
copyright owner is entitled to royalties when they are.
To the extent that your User Content contains
music, you hereby represent that you are the
owner of all the
copyright rights, including without limitation the performance, mechanical, and sound recordings rights, with respect to each and every musical composition (including lyrics) and sound recording contained in such User Content and have the power to grant the license granted below.
That's something the company attributes to the cost of licensing content and having to pay royalties to
music labels, publishers and other
copyright owners (like songwriters).