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To: Hawthorn

Google needs to provide a translator for articles like this, but from what I’m able to ascertain:
1. Playing a record at a party, or loaning it to a friend will be a crime.
2. Will playing the record more than once be a crime as well? A record’s a performance and a performance is a moment in time. No more freeloading on moments in time.
3. Hippy rockers might get some retirement pay, something I’m all for.
4. This proposal was written by the RIAA. If it passes and if they’re selling any stock, I’m buying.
5. There will be no music on the radio.
6. There will be no refuge in folk song covers. Led Zeppelin will have to pay retroactive royalties to Memphis Minny’s descendants.
7. I wonder if visual artists can get on the bandwagon? Maybe we could set up a reasonable fee schedule, like 5 cents a glance. Then descendants of artists could charge the museums for a piece of the action. Such a boon to creativity!
8.Of course, the RIAA will not be able to enforce every potential instance of non-compliance. They’ll need help. Get those resume’s up to date’s; it’s going to be a goldmine!


10 posted on 02/06/2015 5:00:38 PM PST by tsomer
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To: tsomer

>> Playing a record at a party, or loaning it to a friend will be a crime <<

Sorta hard to enforce, doncha think? I imagine non-commercial uses will be exempt, just as today you can sing “Happy Birthday” at a non-commercial event w/o paying a fee to an organization like BMI or ASCAP. (I’m told, however, that the song is still under copyright protection for commercial uses.)

>> Will playing the record more than once be a crime as well? <<

For commercial use? No, the “rights” organizations (RIAA, BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, maybe others) would probably prefer blanket licenses, like they used to have for small restaurants and like I guess they still have for radio stations. And the cost of a license would probably be tied to the commercial enterprise’s revenue.

>> Hippy rockers might get some retirement pay, something I’m all for <<

Not me. Let ‘em rot in whatever rat holes they’ve been inhabiting for the last 30 years.

>> This proposal was written by the RIAA. If it passes and if they’re selling any stock, I’m buying <<

Uh, I think you’d have to be a recording company to join the Association.

>> There will be no music on the radio <<

What about live performances? I think the world needs more of such entertainment.

>> There will be no refuge in folk song covers. Led Zeppelin will have to pay retroactive royalties to Memphis Minny’s descendants <<

That’s already the case. Old songs have long been protected, thanks to the retrospective copyright law that Congress enacted 15 or 20 years ago. The proposed new regs would cover the performance components of old recordings, with the new royalties going to the performers or the recording companies or maybe both. Publishers and songwriters would appear not to benefit anew, since they are already protected.

>> I wonder if visual artists can get on the bandwagon? Maybe we could set up a reasonable fee schedule, like 5 cents a glance. Then descendants of artists could charge the museums for a piece of the action. Such a boon to creativity! <<

Hey, now you’re really onto something. I’m with you!

>> Of course, the RIAA will not be able to enforce every potential instance of non-compliance. They’ll need help. Get those resume’s up to date’s; it’s going to be a goldmine <<

Yeah, not only the lawyers could strike gold, but also some of those worn-out hippy rockers you mentioned might get work. Give ‘em a badge and a gun, then put ‘em out in the trenches!


12 posted on 02/06/2015 5:59:37 PM PST by Hawthorn
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