Artists appeal to extend music copyright
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Paul McCartney, U2 and Eric Clapton joined thousands of other musicians Thursday in an appeal to the government to extend the British copyright protection on their recordings.
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It's bad for business Column The DRM walls are crumbling. Earlier this week, Steve Jobs called on the major record labels to allow online music sales unfettered by digital rights management restrictions.â¦
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Recording companies filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 754 computer users Thursday, the latest round of legal action in the industry&#39;s effort to squelch unauthorized swapping of music online.
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Music performers could see a big boost to their lifetime earnings under EU plans to extend music rights.
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By Xie Chuanjiao  The traditional definition of copyright alone cannot protect artists' rights on their soundtracks, images and performances in the age of the Net, officials have said, detailing for the first time the methods of doing so.
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Independent record labels are appealing the EU's decision to allow the merger of Sony and BMG.
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LOS ANGELES -- The music industry is continuing its campaign against people who illegally download music through file-sharing sites.
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The U.K. is looking to change copyright laws that make it illegal to copy music for personal use and for libraries to archive material under copyright.The U.K. Intellectual Property Office, which handles patent and copyright issues, released proposals on Tuesday that would amend the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988. The proposals will be evaluated through April 8.The proposals were taken from a study released in December 2006, the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, which recommended a raft of changes to U.K. copyright law.The U.K. remains one of the few European countries that still prohibits private copying for personal use. Germany and France, as well as the U.S., have exception in their laws to let someone, for example, make MP3s on their computer from a CD they own, or copy a record to a cassette tape.However, the U.K.&#39;s personal copying law isn&#39;t enforced, and most of the British public are unaware of it, according to the Gowers review. The fact that violators go unpunished &quot;adds to the general sense of illegitimacy around copyright law,&quot; the review said.The proposals would create a limited exception for personal copying. Also, libraries would be allowed to legally make archive copies of material for preservation purposes.The British Library has been in favor of amending some copyright regulations, as it has said parts of its collection are deteriorating, but copyright law prohibits them from making backup copies.The proposals would also make a new exception for material that parodies something under copyright and leeway for schools conducting distance learning activities.
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As new digital-distribution plans gain traction, an inevitable fight over publishing royalties breaks out. If songwriters lose, your ears will suffer. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Record labels don't trust us with their music. They need to retune that thinking
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(InfoWorld) - Apple and four of the biggest record companies have until Wednesday to submit their written response toÂ antitrust charges that they restricted online sales of musicÂ in Europe. The deadline originally expired at the beginning of June, but was extended by two weeks at the request of Apple and three of the record companies, European Commission competition spokesman Jonathan Todd said Monday. The Commission is still waiting for replies from these four companies. The one record company that didn't request an extension has already submitted its written response, Todd said. The Commission has declined to name the record companies involved but they are assumed to be the four majors: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music, and EMI Group. "We have every reason to believe that the remaining companies will reply by the new deadline," Todd said. Downloads from Apple's iTunes Web site are priced differently in different countries in the Union but consumers are prevented from shopping around and have to make their purchases of music from the iTunes site in the country they are based. The Commission said that in the single European market the distribution agreements between the record companies and Apple could amount to restrictive practices. Apple claims it has always tried to operate a single pan-European iTunes store accessible by anyone from any member state but has been prevented from doing so by the record labels and publishers.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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A broad list of copyright owners, artists, law professors and state attorneys general on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to hear a controversial case on the legality of file-swapping software.
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Terms and Conditions of Music And Lyrics.
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Google has scheduled an appeal for July 17 in itsÂ copyright dispute with Belgian newspaper publishers, although the two sides expect to request an extension while they try to resolve the conflict amicably, spokespeople for Google and the publishing group, Copiepresse, said on Tuesday.
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Following music industry measures to clamp down on illegal song piracy, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) are launching civil suits seeking damages of up to $30,000 (â¬23,200) per film.
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Universal Music Group has secured a 'short extension' allowing them more time to submit their written response to E.U. iTunes anti-trust charges.
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NEW YORK  &#151; National Public Radio is teaming up with online radio broadcasters to appeal new music royalties that they say would put smaller operators out of business and force others to sharply scale back their online music offerings.