http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com Digital music, like any other recorded piece of music, is protected by intellectual property law. Unfortunately, one of the biggest drawbacks of the digital technology is that anyone with an Internet connection can easily and freely upload or download copyrighted content, especially music, without paying for it. Clearly, this spells doom for musicians, songwriters, singers, composers, publishers and recording companies; in fact it impacts anyone and everyone who depends on the sale of music to make a living. That’s where copyright laws come in. en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:57 CST Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:57 CST http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/ Digital music, like any other recorded piece of music, is protected by intellectual property law. Unfortunately, one of the biggest drawbacks of the digital technology is that anyone with an Internet connection can easily and freely upload or download copyrighted content, especially music, without paying for it. Clearly, this spells doom for musicians, songwriters, singers, composers, publishers and recording companies; in fact it impacts anyone and everyone who depends on the sale of music to make a living. That’s where copyright laws come in. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:57 CST http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/articles/65430/About-Music-Copyrights-And-Your-Different-Types-Of-Rights... This is just a short introduction into copyrights, you should not attempt to copyright your music without first getting your hands on a copy of Ty Cohen's complete copyright course called Copyright Your Music In MinutesMusic copyrights can be a confusing topic. First of all there are many people involved: the composer, the publisher, and the... 2010-04-29 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/articles/65431/How-Does-Music-Copyright-Infringement-Affect-Me?... Music copyright infringement happens all around us every day, by people downloading music from their favorite social networking site to the guy who's reselling MP3s. Most people who commit music copyright infringement don't realize that it's illegal and they can be prosecuted in the United States. Copyright infringement, as defined by Wikipedi... 2010-04-29 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/articles/64666/The-Music-Copyright-Law-of-Todays-Industry... Authorized by the U.S. Constitution, the government is granted sole power to provide authors and inventors exclusive rights to their respective lyrics, music, and discoveries. Specifically, music copyright laws are generated to protect an authors' music composition for an undisclosed amount of years. It is the responsibility of the copyright h... 2010-04-27 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/articles/64668/What-is-Music-Copyright-Law?... With the popularity of the Internet, many people are violating music copyright law and do not even know it. Music copyright law can be very tricky. There are multiple music copyrights that you must keep in mind - lyrics, composition and the recording of the music by an artist. Using someone's music may involve you acquiring many different licen... 2010-04-27 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/articles/64670/Music-Copyright-Myths-and-Royalty-Free-Music... Ever downloaded music from the Internet? Perhaps you wanted to use it in the classroom, or needed it for your website, or to add to a flash movie, or maybe to jazz up a multimedia project. 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Unfortunately, one of the biggest drawbacks of the digital technology is that anyone with an Internet connection can easily and freely upload or download copyrighted content, especially music, without paying for it. Clearly, this spells doom for musicians, songwriters, singers, composers, publishers and recording companies; in fact it impacts anyone and everyone who depends on the sale of music to make a living. That’s where copyright laws come in. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:57 CST http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/information/contact Contact us :Digital music, like any other recorded piece of music, is protected by intellectual property law. Unfortunately, one of the biggest drawbacks of the digital technology is that anyone with an Internet connection can easily and freely upload or download copyrighted content, especially music, without paying for it. Clearly, this spells doom for musicians, songwriters, singers, composers, publishers and recording companies; in fact it impacts anyone and everyone who depends on the sale of music to make a living. That’s where copyright laws come in. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:57 CST http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780926/-Google-Shuts-Down-The-Playlist-and-Other-Music-Blogs... Does Google have a personal vendetta against smaller blogs that maintain a solid readership? Yesterday evening they shutdown a premiere film site called The Playlist for some unknown reason, making it the latest casualty in a long line of sites destroyed by the host.The Playlist is one of the few entertainment websites that delivers legitimate [..... Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:27:04 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780927/-Blame-Canada!-IFPI-Report-Shows-Continued-Music-Sales-Decline... Sales continue to slide away...... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:56:52 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780928/-Africa-:-Note---Copyright-Doesnt-Stand-for-Right-to-Copy... Nairobi Every year, Unesco marks the World Book and Copyright Day on April 23 . The day is an occasion to pay worldwide tribute to books and authors and to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading, says Unesco.... Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:44:17 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780929/-Best-copyright-policies-in-the-world?-Try-India... When the US entertainment industry looks at India, it sees one gigantic copyright problem. Thats why it wants India to remain on the US governments Priority Watch List for intellectual property issues in 2010, and thats why it blasted the countrys new copyright proposals for (among other things) having too many legal reasons to bypass DRM. But wha... Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:15:33 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780930/-Intellectual-Property... The Department is creating 15 new AUSA positions in the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) program. They will work closely with the Criminal Divisions Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) to aggressively pursue high-tech crimes.... Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:22:00 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780931/-Bulgaria-Interior-to-Crack-Down-on-Internet-Piracy-Investors... Bulgarian Interior Ministry and the Unit for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) have vowed to crack down on those who invest in the distribution of Internet piracy in Bulgaria.... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:57:05 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780932/-Bulgaria-Interior-to-Crack-Down-on-Internet-Piracy-Investors... Bulgarian authorities will go after investors in Internet piracy rather than home Internet users in an effort to combat intellectual property crimes. Photo by BGNES/ EPA... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:56:25 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780933/-Pirate-politics... The election campaign of the pro file-sharers... Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:41:25 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780934/-Bulgaria-First-for-Internet-Piracy-and-Not-Likely-to-Change-Soon... Bulgaria has the highest rate of Internet piracy in the European Union.... Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:18:02 -0700 http://www.musiccopyrightlaws.com/news/780935/-First-Free-Sol-Lewitt-Copy-by-SUPERFLEX-Leaves-the-Van-Abbemuseum... Ms Lelieveld leaves the museum with her FREE SOL LEWITT copy. On the background the original work by Sol LeWitt from 1972. Photo: Bram Saeys. EINDHOVEN.-... Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:20:53 -0700