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IFPI: Piracy Bad!!! Government Must Fix Because We Don't Want To Adapt!
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| It's that time of the year when the IFPI
| comes out with its annual fear-mongering
| report, and this year's has really gone
| overboard into the ridiculous. The basics
| are pretty much what you'd expect ("piracy
| bad! industry dying! governments must break
| everything to protect us!"). However, the
| details are just downright laughable. The
| entire report seems premised on the idea
| that direct music sales is the only thing
| that really matters (a blatant confusion
| about the difference between the recording
| industry (which the IFPI represents) and
| the music industry (which the IFPI pretends
| to represent).
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100121/0825147855.shtml
Malaysia's New Copyright Act To Make Owning A Single Counterfeit DVD Illegal
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| Imagine buying what you thought was a
| legitimate DVD and then being dragged to
| court for it.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100120/1857317846.shtml
Wiggling Their Way To Musical Success Without A Label
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| Tim Lash points us to a CNN interview with
| The Wiggles, the massively popular pop band
| for toddlers. The whole interview is
| interesting, but the most interesting part
| is the explanation of how the band went it
| alone.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100119/1134507815.shtml
MPs frozen out of super-secret copyright talks
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| The government has refused to give MPs
| access to papers on international
| negotiations about copyright enforcement on
| the internet and at national borders.
|
| Junior business minister David Lammy said
| he could not put documents about the Anti-
| Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in
| the House of Commons Library, because other
| countries wanted to maintain secrecy.
|
| Lammy said he was "sympathetic" to calls
| for more transparency and had told his
| officials to press the point at the talks,
| but added: "Disclosure of any documents
| without the agreement of all our ACTA
| negotiating partners would damage the
| United Kingdom's international relations.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/acta_lammy/
BPI Insists UK ISPs Overstating The Cost Of Three Strikes; So Will BPI Pay The Difference If Wrong?
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| Of course, BPI can't accept those numbers,
| so its commissioned its own study which (of
| course!) claims that the cost to ISPs would
| be tiny. Hell, they'd barely be noticeable
| at all.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100120/1937547848.shtml
Prisons And Hair Dressers Latest To Push Back On Ridiculous Collection Society Demands
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| The first involves prisons in the UK who
| are refusing to pay the licensing fees, and
| thus are telling prisoners (hey look, real
| thieves!) that they can't listen to music
| any more in any area where multiple people
| might be (the kitchen, workshops,
| restrooms, etc.) since others might
| overhear it. Yes, listening to music in a
| prison apparently requires a separate
| performance license.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100120/1028177833.shtml
Recent:
Sookman Deflates Pending Lists Claim to Vilify Artists
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| Oh dear. I hadnât seen this post of Barryâs
| before he retweeted it. Um, how do I put
| this politely? Barry, you messed up.
|
| Prof. Geist tries to taint the
| recording industry as blatant copyright
| infringers, without ever delving into
| the industry wide accepted custom for
| clearing mechanical rights. The pending
| list system, which has been around for
| decades, represents an agreed upon
| industry wide consensus that
| songwriters, music publishers (who
| represent songwriters) and the
| recording industry use and rely on to
| ensure that music gets released and to
| the market efficiently and the proper
| copyright owners get compensated.
|
| But Barry, the recording industry are
| blatant copyright infringers. Or at least
| they sure give that impression. Letâs see:
|
| Cher sues UMG over royalties
|
| JoJo Sues Record Label
|
| TIMBALAND SUES RECORD LABEL
|
| Courtney Love Sues Record Label
|
| Allman Brothers Band sues record company
| for $13M
|
| Eminem Sues Record Label Over iTunes
| Royalties
|
| Beatles to sue record label
|
| Eurovision star sues record label over
| contract dispute
|
| Smashing Pumpkins sue record label over use | of songs in Pepsi promotional deals
|
| Travis Tritt sues record label
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http://madhatter.ca/?p=153
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