In view of the global economy’s current turbulence, music publishing has caught the eye of the financial world as an opportunity to acquire relatively certain long-term assets. The reason is simple. In most cases, well-known songwriters and their catalogs generate substantial income streams. With the start of the digital era, piracy has become an increasing concern for music artists, who earn their livings based upon the sales generated through their music. A counterforce against this illegal music
A major issue in the music industry currently is how music publishers and songwriters can get paid for the use of their songs’ in digital streaming services such as Spotify or Apple Music. One agency that is trusted by these publishers and songwriters is called Audiam. Audiam is an agency that collects music royalties; and licenses and distributes streaming mechanicals to their members (Audiam). In an article by Ari Herstand she stated, “Audiam seeks to offer an easy button to get musician, songwriters
Genealogy sites managed to assist people that want to learn about their ancestors. By giving them access to a great number of records, databases and tools, they allow users to identify long-forgotten family connections and to learn more about their family trees. Internet is home to a wide variety of such ancestry sites, and while they all have different tools and services they make available, these sites have their very own pros and con. Here are the best sites that you can use, completely free of
of the two documents will be discussed. Also discussed will be related Hawaii State Library System policies not covered in collection development. Policies that include the treatment of technology in regard to the internet and social media and copyright
Upon reading the first three chapters of the book, Catalog It! by Allison G. Kaplan, the evolution of the cataloging process was completely astounding to me. I had always assumed that the cataloging process was fairly straightforward; involving organization by genre and then by alphabetization according to the author’s last name. Therefore, it was fascinating to discover that the process of cataloging text could be traced back to ancient Mesopotamia when the people of the city of Ur organized
A Statement of Interest For my research project, I will be focusing on the topic; Social Content From Outside: Religious Terrorism. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, magazines, and documents. Each of these sources include a citation and is followed by a descriptive and evaluative paragraph. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Additionally, an annotated bibliography
Leadership in organizations is an issue of vital importance and is a determining factor for the proper functioning and performance of the company. It is important to know that leadership manages the success of the business and personal goals and it helps the company to grow internally and externally. Understanding leadership in organizations means to change the ideals and create new activities that will contribute to the fulfillment of the goals. Trust Some challenges that leaders face today is to
Susan Jacoby is greatly known for her reputation work in “A First Amendment Junkie” published in 1978. She is recognized in the society, especially by women because of writing a reputational essay which reflects her open views and ideas relating to the censorship of pornography in the society. Her argument is that first amendment is the most important thing and that censorship is a wrong thing. In her essay, Jacoby stands by her belief that it is very wrong to suppress any form of censorship against
Throughout this case there are many different type of legal theories that can apply to a majority of the characters discussed. To start, Mike Merchant could be indicted of trademark infringement. A trademark is a distinctive mark, symbol, name, word, motto, or device that identifies the goods of a particular business. In the textbook there is a case that references a very similar situation to Mike’s; “When the manufacturer of knockoff goods offers a consumer a cheap knockoff copy of the original
A free internet is not one that is unregulated nor is one that is strictly regulated. There exists an elusive measure existing the spectrum that must be fulfilled without tainting the uniqueness of the internet. Two key features of a free internet, net neutrality and online freedom of speech, must be maintained throughout. The internet, as it is now, has paved a new path for communication in the modern era. Since its inception the internet has stood by a simple rule, all data is equal. Through the
Film is specifically made to be sold. Film is an art that is also a source of income. No matter the format, be it big budget or independent, film is a commercial product. According to Comolli and Narboni in their essay “Cinema/Ideology/Criticism”, film is “transformed into a commodity”. Film is “a product, manufactured within a given system”, is it the product of the ideologies that dominates where it was constructed. Ideologies are a basic foundation for filmmaking and without ideologies there would
another commodity in return. The verb is related to Louis Riel, the leader of the Métis people, and fur trading was one of their primary ways of supporting themselves. Coincidently, Louis Riel is thought to be the inspiration for Riel’s name, as if words have become the modern commodity of trading. By exchanging words, Riel and Versajna are engaging in dialogue. In this instance, the two individuals involved in the transaction solely benefit from the conversation. The act of fur trading required
Sampling, Championed & Criticized Some say that sampling other artist’s song is one of the worst things a musician can do. However, others argue that greater things can occurred while combining a songs. In the article “Sampling in the Music: a practice that’s here to stay”, by Trevor Paxton. Explains on how sampling has been happening since the early ‘60s, and it will not stop anytime soon. There’s not really one way to control this situation, because there are quite a few factors that have to
cite a resource for research papers. We understand this symbol represents the word "Copyright" or is an abbreviation for "Copr.". Copyright means the first year(s) of a copyrighted publication or an identification of an owner by name, abbreviation, or other designation by which they are generally known. A good example would be from our textbook, Communication in History. The second page in the book views; “Copyright © 2011, 2007, 2003 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved” (Crowley, pg. 2). This
the digital frontier. Since then, tech companies and copyright owners have debated performance royalty rates extensively and the cost of a song played in its ephemeral form has defined revenues for many webcasters. Pandora is a webcaster positioned in the middle of the old and new music industry
3-1 Discussion: Ethics and Copyright in Graphic Design On this discussion I’m torn on this subject (as it pertains to Koons). As a designer we look at different things for inspiration: books, magazines, ads, prints, other artists, anything that will inspire us to create. There are times when you look at someone’s work and it reminds you of something you have already seen. You might say to yourself or out loud: “that reminds me of...” or “that looks a lot like _____work?” Is it plagiarism? Or appropriation
Issue #1: Did Drink-Co infringe on Pat’s intellectual property rights by using the Stangaid logo on Augie-aid bottles? Rule: Pat may have intellectual property rights in the Stangaid name and logo used to create Stangaid, which could include trademark rights and trademark infringement. A trademark is a distinctive mark, design, or expression that distinguishes products or services of a particular source from those of others (Clarkson & Miller, 150). Trademark rights are protected under federal
is to collect and distribute mechanical royalties to the artist whenever it's reproduced as a physical product such as records CDs and online downloads. MCPS can insure the safeguard of income with the right licenses as without owning them it's copyright infringement and are legally entitled to pay a fee, by owning both these licenses every artist, composer and music publisher are entitled to a fair payment. The royalties that PRS can provide differs from what MCPS can provide as with MCPS they can
results of the negotiations” and looks “forward to a fruitful working relationship.” Michael Jackson was in a similar situation. He was not given rights to the masters of his album. He was being held to his contract and being pressured to buy music catalogs. It would be wasted money if it would not sell and put him in a difficult
industry’s copyright rules has a negative effect on the industry’s artists. Why is copyright an important thing? Copyright is an important thing because it protects anyone’s work from anyone else from taking their property. “Copyright and the Public Domain” states that “Lyrics, melody and musical Arrangement of notes that define a song or Musical composition.” (Copyright and the Public Domain, 1) Translation: sheet music free of copyright “Copyright and the Public