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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
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Copyrights relate
to works of art, including textual, visual, musical, dramatic, etc. and
are automatic upon creation. Copyrights can be registered in order to
obtain additional rights, particularly as to enforcement and international
recognition.
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GroksterMorpheus,
Kazaa, LimeWire and now BitTorrent succumb to RIAA ,he file sharing networks
have had a bad year. All the leading P2P networks have lost following the
Supreme Court decision that the trial court was wrong not to have considered
the issue of inducing copyright infringement. Now the trial court has
found Morpheus guilty of inducing infringement. The four largest P2P
networks have thus one by one bit the dust. The remaining big offender
BitTorrent has been bought by Warner Brothers on the basis that Warner wants
the technology to distribute for pay movies, thus coopting the largest and
technically most advanced P2P network. The days of P2P appear numbered. Modified
Chip for Sony Playstation held copyright infringement at moment creator made
the copy which he used to create the modified chip, despite defense arguing
there was no infringing article. UK Case 9/28/2004
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Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's finding that
it had subject matter jurisdiction over a copyright infringement claim. The
case involved the distribution of educational course materials that were
created in France, marketed in cyberspace and imported into the United
States. Full
text 9/28/2004 Procedure for
reconsideration of refusal to register December 29, 2004 update |
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Like
patent law, copyright law is FEDERAL law, which is litigated in FEDERAL
courts. In addition the Copyright Office has administrative rules. |
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(contacts
for licensing copyrights in sound recordings) Universal
Music Group
(i.e, MCA, Geffen, Mercury, Island) Warner
Music Group
(i.e., Warner Bros., Atlantic, Elektra) Sony
Music Entertainment (i.e, Epic, Columbia) BMG
Entertainment
(i.e., BMG, RCA, Arista) EMI-Capitol
Music Group North America (i.e., Capitol, Virgin, Chrysalis) Their
association, the RIAA |
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IRMA
(International Recording Media Association) – high level executive
networking group |
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Authorlink
– an online unpublished manuscript exchange |
IRMA
Directory Search (Searchable Directory of Recording Industry
Suppliers and Publishers) |
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INTA – International Trademark Association
(world’s largest trademark owners association) |
Major
Publishers Links (List of US Publishing Links) |
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Muzak (U.S. business music broadcaster) |
SoundWave (U.S. audio industry information) |
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Music
Interactive, web site development for music industry (U.K.) |
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Dot Music (U.K. music industry guide) |
IMMEDIA
Australia & Asia Media Directory |
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Songlink International (U.K.-based songwriters
& publishers monthly tipsheet/magazine) |
New England Artist
Records (U.S.) |
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The Blues Foundation (U.S.) |
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Musi-Cal
(Calendar for live music events) |
The American Music Center (U.S.) |
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Taxi, an independent A&R resource for the music
industry (U.S.) |
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All
Music Network (U.S.) |
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Copyright Preregistration Preregistration is a service intended for certain types of
unpublished works that have had a history of prerelease infringement. Its purpose
is to preserve the remedies of statutory damages and attorney�s fees for copyright owners of these works when they have
been infringed before publication and registration. A preregistered work must
be registered within 3 months after publication. Preregistration takes place
only online, is not a substitute for registration, and is not a guarantee
that the Copyright Office will ultimately register the work. For further
information, go to http://www.copyright.gov.
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