[cma-l] Copyright Changes Proposed

[Ian Hickling]

As I have said many times before, my own feeling is that copying per se should neither be illegal nor require a licence.
Only when music - or any other recorded material - is used for clear monetary advantage should Copyright and Royalty aspects come into play.
In radio terms this means that the function of MCPS would disappear - and about time too!

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Ian Hickling
Partner
transplan UK


  


> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:06:41 +0100
> From: gary.jackson1 at btinternet.com
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: [cma-l] Copyright Changes Proposed
> 
> This might be of interest....about time too IMO....
> 
> An outdated law meaning millions of people are unknowingly copying music 
> illegally is due to be swept away by the Government.
> Business Secretary Vince Cable has backed proposals to update what some 
> have called the country's "archaic copyright laws".
> At the moment it is technically illegal to transfer content from CDs and 
> DVDs onto a different format such as a computer or MP3 player.
> Today the Government is putting the wheels in motion to change this, 
> allowing people to transfer content and make copies for their own and 
> immediate family's personal use.
> However, at present millions of people are breaking the law, with many 
> unaware they are doing it.
> Copyright lawyer Adam Morallee believes legislation is merely catching 
> up with what is already being done.
> "It really does have to catch up and look at what's happening. The 
> people who operate the fast sharing sites are miles ahead of the where 
> the legislators are."
> These proposals are in response to a review of Intellectual Property 
> legislation carried out in May. The government is expected to agree with 
> much of the report.
> Sharing of copyrighted material over the internet will still be illegal.
> However some critics in the entertainment industry believe these 
> proposals are merely altering an outdated law.
> What they are not doing is tackling the real and pressing problem posed 
> by illegal downloading.
> Jonathan Shalit, chairman of Roar Global which represents artists, told 
> Sky News he is worried about the repercussions for his clients.
> "The minute you say it is legal to copy something you're then 
> legitimising it and where does the barrier or boundaries of immediate 
> family end.
> "I think it has not been well thought through and a lack of respect 
> remains for artists who create the original product."
> Online spoofs are also expected to receive legal protection.
> The makers of Newport State of Mind , a song which satirised singer 
> Alicia Key's Empire version by moving it from New York to South Wales, 
> was removed from YouTube recently after a legal battle.
> MJ Delaney, the director of the track, did not realise she had been 
> breaking the law when she made the video and agrees with the changes.
> "EMI who took it down, they weren't a victim in any sense of what we've 
> done.
> "By the time we'd done that video the song Empire State of Mind was 
> pretty old. It was long gone out of the charts so if anything all we did 
> was raise the profile of the song and remind everyone what a great song 
> it was."
> It is hoped the moves will benefit the UK economy, in part because 
> individuals will be able to legally back up their music, films and 
> e-books, encouraging the development of new technology.
> It will clear the way for companies such as Google and Amazon to market 
> online content storage systems for UK consumers, allowing them to create 
> back-up files of their music and film libraries in a "cloud" on the 
> internet, so they can be retrieved even if their own computer or MP3 
> player is stolen or lost.
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