Mechanical rights apply to the creation and distribution of CDs.
Songwriters also enjoy an audiovisual synchronization right that they can grant to allow the placement of a song in timed relation to a visual image. Without that synch right Apple owes Slim Shady some bling bling.
This is a real opportunity. When Congress opens the books to address P2P we need to be vocal and active. Organizations like Click The Vote are ready to lead the charge.
The DMCA didn't contemplate P2P architectures as the judges' ruling notes below. This means the RIAA needs to go back to Congress to implement laws that address P2P. The question then becomes will people get busy and organize to push back? Click The Vote is ready when you are;)
source "...P2P software was not even a glimmer in anyone's eye when the DMCA was enacted," Chief Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg wrote in the decision. "Furthermore, such testimony as was available to the Congress prior to passage of the DMCA concerned 'hackers' who established unauthorized FTP or BBS sites on the servers of ISPs.... The Congress had no reason to foresee the application of [the DMCA] to P2P file-sharing, nor did they draft the DMCA broadly enough to reach the new technology when it came along..."
We need join a grassroots movement like Click The Vote and get busy during the coming election year. We should be asking candidates about their positions on file sharing and we should let them know we want the laws changed and the lawsuits to end.
The RIAA may have their special interest puppets in Congress but at the end of the day the politicians need our votes!
When a business is reduced to suing customers you know you've hit a dead end. The music industry needs to issue licenses to file sharers and if they won't then we need to change the law. There is power in numbers and Click the Vote is organizing a grassroots movement to achieve just that.
Click The Vote supports legalizing open file sharing. They also support open computing. DRM and "trusted" computing schemes like this one are a threat to our basic freedoms. We should support Click The Vote and their efforts to defend our rights!
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Mechanical rights apply to the creation and distribution of CDs.
Songwriters also enjoy an audiovisual synchronization right that they can grant to allow the placement of a song in timed relation to a visual image. Without that synch right Apple owes Slim Shady some bling bling.
This is a real opportunity. When Congress opens the books to address P2P we need to be vocal and active. Organizations like Click The Vote are ready to lead the charge.
The DMCA didn't contemplate P2P architectures as the judges' ruling notes below. This means the RIAA needs to go back to Congress to implement laws that address P2P. The question then becomes will people get busy and organize to push back? Click The Vote is ready when you are ;)
... The Congress had no reason to foresee the application of [the DMCA] to P2P file-sharing, nor did they draft the DMCA broadly enough to reach the new technology when it came along..."
source "...P2P software was not even a glimmer in anyone's eye when the DMCA was enacted," Chief Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg wrote in the decision. "Furthermore, such testimony as was available to the Congress prior to passage of the DMCA concerned 'hackers' who established unauthorized FTP or BBS sites on the servers of ISPs.
First starting point: join Click The Vote. Flash mobs is a great idea. 2004 is an election year in the USA. This is going to be fun. :)
We need join a grassroots movement like Click The Vote and get busy during the coming election year. We should be asking candidates about their positions on file sharing and we should let them know we want the laws changed and the lawsuits to end.
The RIAA may have their special interest puppets in Congress but at the end of the day the politicians need our votes!
When a business is reduced to suing customers you know you've hit a dead end. The music industry needs to issue licenses to file sharers and if they won't then we need to change the law. There is power in numbers and Click the Vote is organizing a grassroots movement to achieve just that.
Click The Vote supports legalizing open file sharing. They also support open computing. DRM and "trusted" computing schemes like this one are a threat to our basic freedoms. We should support Click The Vote and their efforts to defend our rights!