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Copyright term in Europe moves to the Cliff’s edge
Although you may not know it, there’s a debate going on across Europe at the moment about how long performers and producers (record companies) should be paid music royalties for tracks they have either performed on or are owners of. This shouldn’t be confused with performance revenues that are paid to songwriters following the broadcast or ‘performance’ of a track. They remain entitled to rights for life plus a good number of years into the afterlife. With music sales on the slide and forecast to remain down for a good few years, anything that affects a musician’s income has become quite a hot topic.
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Into the music stream
Earlier this week, Entertainment Media Research (ERA) announced the findings of its 2008 Digital Music Survey. Like most involved in the business of music, it was pleasing to see that illegal downloading was down. Read the rest of this entry »
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