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Music societies get ready to release 'royalty calculator'
Kingston :: Jamaica | 11 months ago
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Royalties are the payments made to an artiste or artist for the reproduction of his/her work and is paid by those who reproduce it in a public space. Those who pay royalties (clubs, TV stations and radio stations) are, of course, licensed to
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Slovak Collecting Society Sends Village Invoice For Singing Folk Song About Itself
Bratislava :: Slovakia | 11 months ago
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Mothers' Day has to be one of the most absurd cases of copyright being enforced in Slovakia. TheDaily first drew attention to the Pohorela case by sharing it on Facebook at the end of May, but the case is not unique. Other villages and towns may also
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Greece Stares Into the Abyss; Meanwhile, Local Music And Audiovisual Collecting Society Gets Court Order To Block Web Sites
Athens :: Greece | 12 months ago
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Its economy shrank by 6.2% in the last three months alone , and the austerity measures imposed in return for international loans to keep the country running have contributed to a 40% jump in the suicide rate . But the Greek music and audiovisual
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EU asks mediator to untangle copying levies
Brussels :: Belgium | almost 2 years ago
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IT hardware lobbies and rights holders like music collecting societies have been at war over the amount of levies that can be slapped on devices like CDs and USB keys, which can copy music, books and audiovisual material. Broadly speaking, rights
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Barnier to endorse Spanish-style Internet policing for EU
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 years ago
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12 May 2011 The European Commission is contemplating making Internet providers police their networks to tackle illegal downloads, a highly contested measure which is currently being scrutinised by the European Court of Justice. Background In the
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