Posted on 11/25/2016 7:10:49 AM PST by Kaslin
Mercy is not for the vanquished to command.
[snip] he Department of Justice just finished a more than two-year review of the ASCAP and BMI antitrust consent decrees,[snip]
From what we know today about the corrupt DOJ, that statement is supposed to carry any weight? I would submit they have just opened a box that they wanted to stay closed. Sessions should have one of his deputies look into everything about this sometime down the road and let them hang in the wind.
“Music Rights? What the heck is a music right?
It’s not the donations, but the cronyism Trump will address if he chooses.
A Trump DOJ should prosecute “music” companies, writers, producers, performers, licensing organizations, distributors, and retailers for the toxic filth they fire hose on our society and directly into the brains of American youth.
Trump’s presidential transition team met with dozens of tech, telecom, and media representatives Friday, but according to several people familiar with the meeting, team Trump offered little insight into the Republican Presidential candidate’s view on tech policy. .... Representatives from Google, Uber, and Twitter attended the meeting. They were joined by trade and advocacy groups including the Consumer Technology Association, the Information Technology Industry Council and the Internet Association. About 50 people attended the off-the-record meeting, which took place at the offices of the law firm Baker Hostetler, in Washington, DC. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and AT&T were also represented .
In the first place, this isn't about "technology policy" e.g. science and technology for the betterment of the people. This is about intellectual property protection, a lot of which is pushed by patent and copy-right "trolls."
This article is exactly why we launched a nuclear Trump to irradiate and sterilize the swamp. The attendees at this meeting would be a good start. They don't want less regulation. They are the guys who want more regulation that benefit THEM.
And these folks are some of the best-heeled cronies around. They slither in swamp muck.
Music Rights generally refers to the the copyrights on music. It refers to the composers and performers. If the music is being used in public, such as department stores or restaurants, the rights holders are dues some sort of royalty. Many places use a "muzak" instrumental version of a song to avoid having to pay additional rights to the original perfomers. This is why some old TV shows have not been released on DVD or Blu-ray. If the show features recordings of popular songs, the rights have to be re-negotiated with the rights holders, adding to the expense of the release. In some cases, they replace the original music rather than pay the fees for the rights.
They are going to pay a price.
Trump is taking names.
There will be payback.
In the long run that’s the only way to put a stop
to this insane sh**. Make the perpetrators (finally)
pay a price.
There are consequences!
That is a truly concise assessment.
IMHO they should then be called Property Rights groups because 1) that’s the founding principal from with that derives and 2) it would drive the libs in the music industry crazy to have their group referred to that way!
For myself, I think that copyright continues on far, far too long. IMHO, pretty much anything over 50 years old should pass into the public domain. Yeah, that includes Beatles songs.
this is why all the big elites and companies wanted the Toon....she is willing to do anything, anything at all for a price, and its so comforting for the elite companies to rely on simple money to make decisions, other than legality, fairness, integrity,or American values...
I don't see why not, she'd already put the foreign policy of the United States up for sale. But they may have to wait a bit, because Trump has a lot bigger issues on his plate at the moment.
What he needs to do is push congress to return copyright law to it’s initial 14 year term for registered works, with a possible single extension of 14 years.. That would make most of this crap moot, as there would be a huge catalog of public domain stuff available that people could use. That would put the screws on BMI and ASCAP to be reasonable.
The initial copyright was for a maximum 28-year term. Under that regime, the entire Beatles catalog would be in the public domain, as well as most all 'classic rock'. Heck, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was released in '73.
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