RIAA Lobbying Congress For Increase In Statutory Damages For Copyright Infringement
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is lobbying to amplify the current statutory damages allowed under copyright law. Using the issue of compilations, which are treated as a single work, the RIAA wants each copied track to count as a separate act of infringement. What does this mean? That if someone is caught illegally downloading a complilation CD of let’s say 10 tracks they could be theoretically fined $1.5...
The Beginning Of The End For Qtrax
We were never bullish on Qtrax’s prospects when they announced their ad-supported music service a year-and-a-half ago. Now they look to be down for the count by announcing they had cemented deals with the four major labels when in fact that wasn’t the truth. The free, ad-supported, P2P service launched at MIDEM today with a shaky “beta” version of their service and no licensing deals. The news comes after the...
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