[BC] Where did the RIAA go off the track?

[Dana Puopolo]

Yeah

Now the crooks in Congress have defined "limited time" as the author's life
PLUS 70 YEARS!!

There's a certain mouse that was copyrighted in 1934, 20 years BEFORE I was
born. 

His copyright will expire in 2036. If I survive, I will be 82 years old!

I find it hard to believe that 102 YEARS for a copyright is a 'limited time'.

-D


------ Original Message ------
Received: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:58:35 PM EDT
From: IBSHQ at aol.com
To: broadcast at radiolists.netCc: 
Subject: Re: [BC] Where did the RIAA go off the track?

RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America, is controlled by four giant 
music companies, SONY-BMG, EMI Recorded Music, Universal Music Group, and 
Warner Music Group (AOL).? Most of these four companies are foreign
controlled. ? 
Together they act as a music monopoly/oligopoly.?

SoundExchange is a RIAA wholly owned corporation. 

The problem is the DMCA Law of 1998 largely written by RIAA and their 
lobbyists.

In the early 1990s the monopoly music companies saw the sharing, over the 
Internet, of "perfect" digital copies of their music as a growing threat to
their 
monopoly, cash flow, and control of the music industry.   RIAA, according to 
their website, controls over 90% of commercial music sales in the USA.

In 1995 the persuaded Congress to pass the Sound Recordings Act.   In 1998 
RIAA successfully lobbied for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). 

Copyright Laws come from Section 8 of the US Constitution.  Specifically the 
US Constitution says (Congress shall pass laws):

"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited 
Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective 
Writings and Discoveries"????

If you feel it is more important to promote the progress of science (Internet

- Webcast) than to protect, RIAA, not specially protected by the 
Constitution, as are ASCAP/BMI, but instead protected by DMCA, then YOU have
to persuade 
Congress to amend DMCA.

Fritz Kass - Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS)
????? www.collegeradio.tv


In a message dated 4/17/07 6:26:10 PM, brscomm at charter.net writes:


> The same way the FCC went from a technical regulatory agency to controlling
> content and wardrobe malfunctions...
> 
> Bill
> 




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