Music Copyright Extension Denied
A UK Government-commissioned review has decided there will be no extension of how long copyright on sound recordings lasts. Campaigning artists had hoped rights would be extended to 95 years from the current 50, but an independent review will recommend the terms are not extended, a well-placed government source has disclosed. The decision means that recordings from the 1950s Rock ‘n Roll era will soon be open to free use, thus...
Miya Masaoka Invents The Laser Koto
Miya Masaoka, a composer, koto player and inventor, has created the Laser Koto, laser instrument that she plays by passing her hands through the beams, triggering a variety of sampled and processed sounds from a computer. Each flick of the wrist and twitch of the finger is interpreted as a stroke on the instrument’s virtual strings. Watching Masaoka shape the air in front of her brings to mind the theremin, an early electronic...
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