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...this deal, an allegedly DIY band and an allegedly DIY branch of the U.S. government have agreed to a mutually beneficial deal that I think is enough to brand both as sell-outs. The conflict started in the summer of 2004 when the Postal Service band faced a copyright infringement lawsuit from the Postal Service mail service. Why did the USPS care? Because the Postal Service band had earned far more fame and record sales than are appropriate to its label; its debut Give Up became Subpop’s second highest all-time seller, behind Bleach, the debut from...
...band would want to hang on to their name. It’s maybe less reasonable for the USPS to suggest that anyone could confuse this little band with a centuries-old, Lance Armstrong-sponsoring, mail-carrying monster, but I guess they’re entitled to their copyright. Regardless, under the terms of this deal the band will continue to make music as they would normally; they’ll just be able to sell it in a lot of new locations. I think it’s kind of a cool solution. Since when...
...masses. Most important, record companies must embrace the idea?and so far labels seem concerned that wireless downloading will spread music piracy. For example, earlier this year South Korean record labels and three cellular providers?KTF, LG Telecom and SK Telecom?attempted to reach an agreement over copyright protection for mobile music services, but the effort has been bogged down by infighting...
Chad Tilbury, the director of worldwide Internet enforcement at the Motion Picture Association of America, said a program like Wirehog could run a afoul of copyright laws...
...that will allow the film industry to survive downloading. UCLA law professor Neil Netanel has proposed more product placement in movies (since advertisers care only about how many people see their products) and allowing unrestricted file sharing in return for a "noncommercial-use levy" of 4%, regulated by the Copyright Office and imposed on the price of new computers and other copying devices. Netanel's estimate of the resulting profit for the studios: $2 billion a year...