On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Badru Ntege (MPP) <[email protected] > wrote:
> James > > > > Maybe it was not too much of a high horse than failing to understand that > their needs to be a starting point in not only creating IPR and copyright > but also in sensitizing the whole issue with the masses. My main point on > the copyright as per artists are concerned is that traditionally way back > when these laws took ground not everybody could copy someones recording so > it was easy to enforce and also track down who made a copy of someones music > . > > > > Today even my 10 year old daughter can make copys of music to put on her > ipod and even make copies for her friends. Copyright in its traditional > mode and the mode the TIM is looking at is no longer a relevant law. > > > > So let me throw something in the air here for discussion. The radios and > all Telecom companies are regulated by governments around the world. Both > radio and internet have become the most popular vehicles for copyright > infringement. Since government collects allot of taxes from both broadcast > and internet providers maybe it’s time some method to have royalties paid > through this process is explored. The distribution among artists could then > happen based on the airplay their content gets. > > > to throw one big spanner in the works... almost all telcos have playback ringtones now. You will find music from as far back as The Bee Gees when you call someone, playing back to you. You will not find that in the states or europe without someone paying some royalties to an artist. That is not happening here. As has been said before, this gives us grounds to explore what we need to provide for in the law. Again Tim seems to miss that part. -- Mike Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a million chances happen 99% of the time. ------------------------------------------------------------
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