Articles tagged with: Copyright
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Recently I was listening to a podcast in which Tom Silverman of Tommy Boy Entertainment was talking about the music industry and album sales. He touched on the idea of “buying songs vs. buying artists.”
When you go to the record store (wait, what’s that? I thought those were mythical places that people only dreamed of) or iTunes, what music are you buying? Are you buying the stuff that you’ve loved your entire life, or songs that you have heard ten times a day for the last three weeks? Are you …
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Recently, a friend of mine was putting together a lesson plan and asked me to comment on the following questions. While they are very broad subjects, I’ve tried to touch on the base of each one. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts. Who knows? Maybe I’ll turn each topic into a post of its own. Each subject has plenty to write about!
1: How does music affect a person?
Music is just as powerful as smells, sights, and the sensation of touch. I might even go so far …
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Have you ever listened to the radio and heard a song that just didn’t “deserve” to be there? Thought that your band should be? Well, as sad as it is, in this current state of the industry, you will never be heard outside of your friends. And you can thank MySpace and the internet for that.
It used to be that in the old days you could record a demo, put together a decent press kit, and ship off a few copies to the labels. They’d listen to them, and if …
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For all you bands out there: If you have music on your site, you should be VERY CAREFUL! If I were to go to your MySpace, listen to and like one of your songs, I could download it, figure it out by ear, record it, release it, and make millions. And you wouldn’t get a penny. You could even sue me, but if you don’t have it registered with the U.S. Copyright office, you’ll lose. I could steal it, and then register it MYSELF. Then, a judge won’t care what …
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How many songs do you have on your computer? 10? 50? Or is 1,500 a little closer?
If you own a computer and are connected to the internet (which, if you’re reading this, applies to you), you need to know how the DMCA can affect you. And trust me, it can really affect you…just ask Jamie Thomas. She had 1,072 songs and has been sued for $220,000 by the RIAA.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law which implements two 1996 WIPO treaties. It criminalizes production and …
