This is a forum for students to express their opinions and post questions re: Modern Copyright Issues. Please leave your comments on issues like: The RIAA piracy lawsuits, Copyright reform, Net Nuetrality and any other topics that concern the modern music fan and/or musician.
Here are some reference pages and starting points. If some of these links go away, search the terms in Google. Wikipedia is another good starting point.
FCC - Net Net Nuetrality
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/fcc-net-neutrality/
Future Of Music Coalition - Net Nuetrality
http://futureofmusic.org/civicrm/profile/create?reset=1&gid=21
Future Of Music Coalition - Copyright Reform
http://futureofmusic.org/issues/copyright/copyright-reform
Social Networking
http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/blt/2009-03-04/viscounty.shtml
Pro RIAA
http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php
Anti RIAA
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1027_3-6111118.html
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After reading an article linked under the future of music coalition - copyright reform, I think it seems a little bit extreme that artists are having to change the personable interactions they have with their fans in order to please the labels. Sometimes I think it is over and above what should be done. OKGO is one of those bands that thrives because its almost an underground movement. The band has the ability to gain new followers and with there "Here We Go Again" video was one of the main reasons the band was known all around. The video spread like wildfire. Everyone talked about the treadmill video and it was accessable everywhere. It seems like by hindering the ability for fans to spread the word about the band's newest song by making it impossible - or virtually impossible - to share it as they had done with their previous video they are going to kill the success of the band. The band itself is known for being more open and sharing things with its fans and what not, and is all about sharing its videos and songs via its websites. Taking away this ability - from a band who made its own video and didn't rely on the money from a label to make it and put it out there (these guys do it cheaply and on their own) it takes the rights to this piece of work away from the creators and makes it part of the labels owned property. TO me that doesn't seem fair or right and I would think it would be against some kind of rule or law - however Im sure it isn't, given how many loop holes there are in contracts nowadays and how many different things the labels want control over.
ReplyDeleteWell I was reading over the Social Neworking article and I never really thought of these social sites in this way before. Anybody who wants can log onto these sites and commit copyright infringement. It is up to the actual site to express the terms of use to keep the users reminded of consequences for uploading these types of works. Who spends the time to actually read the terms? I don't. Maybe they should change the way they present the terms and keep blocks up to help everybody stay informed and prevent them from putting such a heavy situation on to the site and users of. It sounds like things might change soon. We'll see.
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I read the anti-RIAA article and the only thing it did for me was reinforce my distaste for the RIAA. The RIAA states that copying a song for yourself is o.k and you can copy them as many times as you want as long as you don't give them to friends. All the RIAA is trying to do is scare people into not downloading or sharing music. I believe this is a big factor as to why some bands (Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, and Angels & Airwaves) are giving their music away for free or pay what you want through their own websites rather than signing to label and allowing them to distribute them. These bands want to give kids what they want without overcharging them and they have the means to do so.They also get to keep all the profits from downloads instead of having to give some of the profits to the label, distributor etc. It's a very risky move but these few abnds believe that this is the future of the music industry and it's hard to argue with that.
ReplyDeleteI read the article in copyright reform blog about Ok Go's new music video. The article explained how the Ok Go's "treadmill" music video was an internet sensation which was viewed and embedded my millions on the internet. This in turn made Ok Go's exposure go up immensely. Now they have a similar new video out but the label has banned the video from being embedded in myspace or facebook accounts. This is causing a loss of exposure for the band. What I don't understand clearly is why EMI and the label is doing this in the first place. I see no gain in holding back on videos that are posted on YouTube. The major labels need to realize that unless they embrace the future they will be left in the past.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with what elliott is saying. The RIAA is doing nothing but holding the music business back.
ReplyDeleteMajor labels seem to be having a hard time with what to do in the music industry. indies and diy labels/bands are becoming more and more successful, while major labels are failing. EMI is now gone. This is because the RIAA and EMI are so hell bent on stopping illegal downloading. it is going to happen, no question. Change the way the industry works. Change the way you do business. They are sticks in the mud, and its killing the industry we love.
The RIAA is full of shit, how do they think word of mouth works? Telling people that they can burn or download music on a cd if "its only for them" wow....I think thats insane! Corporate america needs to get real, please be grateful people want to download any damn thing, the music coming out now days is trash, pure trash. I think they should lay up a little bit, stop shoving down our throats that we could be arrested. Its fucked up man....
ReplyDeleteI have mixed feelings towards the RIAA. Some of it I agree with and some I don't. I don't feel people should be arrested or fined for every single song that they've downloaded because many musicians either don't care or they are a new band starting out and file-sharing is a great way to get their "name" out there. On the other end of it I do think that the music industry is losing many jobs because of illegal file-sharing. I know people first hand who have lost jobs of 20 years plus because there just isn't a need. I am going into the music business for the business aspect and not as an artist so I do have some concerns which is why apart of me does believe the RIAA isn't completely wrong.
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