Remember the attempt to extend copyright for music beyond the current 50 years?
In Japan illegal uploads of copyright infringing music and videos carry a maximum 10 year prison sentence and a 10 million yen fine.
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The same is true of say copyright in music, say sampling.
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The phonograph and radio threatened to wreck the idea of music copyright then embodied in sheet music.
The MP3 format has rapidly spurred the growth of Web sites that offer downloadable music as well as a controversy over how to protect the copyright of that music.
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Together, Mr Zoellick and Mr Lamy have settled fights on subjects ranging from bananas to copyright on Irish music.
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In Brussels today a key EU committee voted to approve a directive that would extend music copyright from 50 to 70 years.
This suit was combined with other similar lawsuits brought against YouTube by the English Premier League as well as other copyright holders including music publishers.
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"The value of what there is produced, which is in music's case the copyright, the rights to play the music, very rarely ever comes back to Wales, " he said.
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and the Fairness in Music Licensing Act of 1998 extended the US term of copyright to bring it in line with international norms.
To use a different example from copyright, where would modern music be if sampling was illegal?
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Complicating matters is the fact that there may be multiple copyright owners on a single music video.
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The RIAA sued Napster claiming the service allows people to breach copyright and swap pirated MP3 music files.
Quite similar to other gripes brought against the outfit in the past, this dispute claims that XM's service "constitutes pervasive and willful copyright infringement to the overwhelming detriment of copyright holders, legitimate online music services and, ultimately, consumers, " but we're still scratching our heads on the "consumers" bit too.
Products associated with copyright, and this goes beyond music to include television, movies, newspapers, magazines, books, and computer software, are one of the few sectors expanding internationally.
Since the American computer-maker produces no musical content of its own, unlike Sony, it does not find itself torn between protecting its copyright and making gadgets that allow music to be copied and swapped.
During a conference call with the developer last October, Razorbill's editorial team puzzled over how to include music and video without committing copyright violations.
See, back in 1999 the Swedish government believed that copyright owners should be compensated when their music or films are copied to blank media for personal use this includes MP3 players.
That questionable practice led EMI, Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal Music to sue Baidu for copyright infringement in 2005, though a Beijing judge ruled last year that Baidu could legally link to copyrighted materials.
Copyright defenders, including the British recorded music industry body BPI, have argued that illegal copies of films, books and music made available on file-sharing sites destroy creative industry jobs and discourage investment in new talent.
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That questionable practice led EMI (other-otc: EMIPY - news - people ), Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal Music to sue Baidu for copyright infringement in 2005, though a Beijing judge ruled last year that Baidu could legally link to copyrighted materials.
But Audiogalaxy is understood to have pledged to operate a "filter-in" system that only allows it to share music if it has permission from copyright holders.
But even then, concerns about digital distribution and copyright issues that have plagued the music industry for years have yet to be fully addressed by the movie and television industries.
Similar briefs filed by several other coalitions expressed concern that the ruling could limit users' rights to enjoy music and media and could impose copyright policing responsibilities on Internet service providers.
Music mogul Simon Fuller has settled a copyright battle with TV network Fox over the US version of The X Factor.
Antigua is seeking permission to run a website that sells music, movies and software - but ignores copyright law.
Ron Wyden, D-Ore. introduced the Internet Radio Fairness Act to end provisions in the Copyright Act that favor incumbents over new entrants offering online music.
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Further, the review points out, copyright protections have become illusory in an age when movies and music are available on pirate sites even before they are released.
Almost every important new media technology of the last half-century the VCR, the MP3 player, cloud music services, YouTube has faced a copyright infringement lawsuit from incumbent content producers.
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The prosecution claims the site provides a search engine that helps people find and download copyrighted material including movies, music and games -- in effect, enabling copyright theft.
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