This CNET News.com article by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh includes:
WASHINGTON--Because of a controversial 1998 copyright law, it may be illegal to defang even potentially harmful software, like the anticopying technology found on some Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs.
Before we allow the US entertainment industry lobby to suggest that we "harmonize" our laws with theirs, it is important to recognize just how controversial and harmful to creativity and society in general that their law has proven to be.
As is most often the case the problem isn't that copyright holders are putting technical measures onto their content, but that they are putting technical measures onto communications technology that they do not own. Any anti-circumvention law should *ONLY* protect the technical measures on the content, and owners of communications technology should be legally protected to take any means necessary to protect the security of their own technology. Since the Sony-BMG "Rootkit" was software installed on a home computer without the informed consent of the owner, and not a technical measure applied to content, anti-circumvention law should never have entered into the equation.
DMCA
I have been seeing the abuse this is doing.
Based on this it should be scraped.
A law that allows such abuse buy RIAA MPAA ect is a defective law.
someone in one country does something then get arrestted. When they visit US later. (BS). With reguads to the Computer Scientist that got arrestted for something to do with ebook DRM. I never considered this right. I called it kidnapping of a visitor that did something that realy was not done it the US this is when things get out of hand with it.
The US is trying to control everyone and the world in general.
We should realy create our laws for Canadians not the US saying do this.
This is compleat BS.... sooner or later we won't be able to create our own content...(homerecording homemovie making) with out a license.
can you see it now " 10K dollar License. so you can create your own music or movies.
the equipment is getting cheaper and better all the time.
I record at home and the qualty is good(need more time to make it great)
I can release my own music or a friends for about 3000 dollars that includes 1000 pressed cd's
the industry is afraid of this and are going to do anything to sqeeze money out of the public while they can and also stop others from creating content (which im sure is on there agenda as well)
I may sound paranoid but the writing is on the wall
P.S i think WIPO is a puppet organization of the US.
sorry about the spelling :P
Barry
It can be cheaper
Or you can post the music somewhere online under a Creative Commons license for the price of your internet connection. I suggest this because then you arn't feeding the CRIA via the blank media levvy this way.
If your concerned about profitability of the music, then there are ways of uploading it to iTunes. Ninety-nine cents per track is a huge chunk of cash when you actually get to see just about all of it for a change (taxes, gotta love 'em).
Very true
Yes it can be done cheaper Itunes, napster ect.
I do agree there....I have also been looking at some sites that offer the service.
But the fastist way into Itunes is with Cdbaby (then you still need a cd)
But the files have not got the same quality of sound.
Then a cd at (44.1khz 16 bit) or even better audio dvd (96khz or 192khz at 24bit)
I encode mp3's at 160 for the car with the road noise you can't tell
some like a physical object others are happy to down load.
I for one like better audio quality in a cd or audio dvd.
Over convenence of a leagle down load.
If the download sites scrap DRM and have files of 44.1/16 or better then i would consider it.
If you like Itunes or the others great If you like CDs ect great to.
Just like all options available.
Just a foot note if your Indie you don't feed the CRIA/RIAA parasites
How ever you release your music.
Alternatives
If I remember right, there was also audio lunchbox which sells music DRM free. Unfortunately, this sort of thing is outside my field of expertise, but that is an alternative if one is inteerested in selling music. :-)
Thanks
Thanks for the link :)
Just the only way is to kick the riaa and cria is to go indie all the way..sell your music after the show on cd make available for download.
I'm setting up to record a band and a dj/rapper on the long weekend.
It is amazing the qualaty you can get :D
You're Welcome
You're welcome ;)
Wow, sounds quite exciting! :D Good luck with that.
I myself recently decided to post some Fading Ways Music on a p2p network to see how well that goes. Then shortly after, I came across another artist asking a community to repost his music, so I offered to repost it on the same network tomorrow. It's quite fun finding out how content creators go from completely fresh to the internet market and figuring out how to get heard, then go to being beside themselves when they find out their content got insanely popular on a filesharing network. 50 Foot Wave recently hit 30,000 downloads on one site. I'm sure they would be thrilled, but I personally have yet to contact them. :\
Good luck with that
Good luck with that :) hope Fading Ways works out for you.
I will Keep you updated on how things go on the long weekend recording.
I am also keeping a cost sheet as well so i know how much it realy costed. ie mic rentals, monitors ect. To find out the cost of production.
Should be intresting to see what happens in the end.
I feel this is the way to protest the big lables.
is create and market your own music. Take some of there sales away !!
Plus give the people what they want :) good music good value and no DRM(CRAP)
Some bands have found this works out great...just have to let people know your out there so they can eather take it or leave it.
But the big thing is there is no huge over head. so your not out of thousands of dollars.
Quick thoughts...
When you have calculated the costs, please write a letter about it to your member of parliament and carbon-copy the current Minister of Heritage. When I met with Bev Oda in the past one of the areas she disagreed with me on is whether the costs of production and distribution of creativity has gone down.
She was looking at big-budget films and thinking that since these budgets have gone up that the costs of production have gone up, when in fact the problem the major studios are facing is that they are being pushed "up market" by amateur productions which are improving in quality. She needs to be reminded that this also means that non-amateur musicians can opt to "skip some intermediaries" and not have to sign with a large label in order to get their music to their (paying) fans.
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) consultant.
Production Costs
Thats is a very good idea.
I agree production costs can be kept very low.
Letting My MP and Bev Oda know the cost that went into the recording.
Will also list all equipment as well and cost.
Hours ect.
It makes alot of sense i also have something else to add to it aswell.
My fiance's son and a freind did a DVD for a contest.
created the music, story line(plot) taped it edited and then made a DVD.
To enter a contest for a commercial. Will try to see if i can get a cost of it from them as well.
will be doing the recording on the long weekend will keep you posted what is happaning
But I would like your input on the letter so its done right.
Thanks again Barry
Send me an email
Send me an email with the letter, and I would be happy to help.
I also hope you'll consider posting your letter online (on this site, and/or elsewhere).
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) consultant.
Harmonisation
Any time I hear suggestions of "harmonisation", it's always the creator's rights that are being discussed. The fact is that in the US, users have way more rights than they do in Canada. Everyone always talks about "balance" in copyright. If you assume that both governments are balancing copyright, then Canada has taken an approach of "fewer rights for both creators and users than the US" while the US has "more rights for both users and creators than Canada". If our government were to do what the CRIA and friends are asking, we'd have "minimal rights for users and maximal rights for creators", and there's no way that can possibly be balanced.
CRIA Isn't About Creators
From a CRIA standpoint, it's all about maximizing profits for the labels. For all they are concerned, the creators can work for minimum wage at a 7/11. Creators of "intellectual property" don't really concern them after the labels gain full control of the content that can be bought, sold and sued over (don't think for a moment the creator sees a dime off of settlements either).
As for rights in the US and Canada, I say that it's extremely hard to discuss which one has more rights. From what I've seen, the US has stripped a lot of rights away from the users, but also have crash pads for abuse such as the "Fair Use" provision. A provision that the cartels are actively trying to remove the stuffing out.
Meanwhile, Canada has half decent laws that currently protect users, but if anything happens with a shift in laws that favor the industry, these rights go away and the users end up smacking bare concrete because they have nothing to rebound off of other then a few privacy laws (which are also under threat)
If you want to talk about who has better copyright laws (Canada or US), I think it must be elaborated on what you mean by that specifically. If you mean using bits and pieces of another work for your own interpretation on something, then the US is way better with the Fair Use provision. If you mean by using entire works for personal use, go Canada go.
The split in the creator community....
While the creators who frequent this site disagree, many of the established creator groups seem to believe that their fate is tied to that of the current set of intermediaries, rather than seeing these intermediaries as competition (or outright blockage) for new methods of production, distribution and funding.
A logic previously referred to as: "What is good for Ford is good for America" ;-)
If you read the press releases and papers from "The Creators' Copyright Coalition", you can see this group calling for strong protection of the status-quo business models and the intermediaries benefiting from it.
For a summary read the April 2005 declaration and press release (Bottom of list).
I still believe our first priority in the copyright process should be to connect with all other creators and to dialogue about these issues. There is a massive split in the creator community between those who believe "if some copyright is good, more is better" and those that believe that we already have too much copyright and that copyright currently favours the non-creator copyright-holding intermediaries.
When the CCC did their "Repositioning Creators’ In The Digital World" they did pick for their "Schedule I: Bloggers’ Notes and Comments" probably the best summary of my position. They may not agree with my position, but at least the authors seem to understand it.
You asked in a different comment about Bev Oda. As someone with experience as a broadcaster, and experience in the CRTC, she is going to come at these issues from a perspective different than the non-creator copyright holder position that Ms. Bulte (Or Sheila Copps, or...) had. This will mean that the future is less certain, which is better than being certain in a negative direction.
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) consultant.