A proposal that would allow music to be included in podcasts
Let’s be very, very clear. There is no legal way to include music in podcasts. Trust me. I’ve spoken to
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Copyright
More musical copyright craziness: Every melody has been copyrighted and stored on one hard drive.
Wait. What? Damoen Riehl and Noah Rubin have set out to catalogue and copyright every single melody that’s musically and
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This is how insane music copyright claims have become: Totally. F**cked.
About ten days ago, the Geeks&Beats podcast I host with Michael Hainsworth received a takedown notice from Universal Music, alleging
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Random music news for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Look at it this way: Winter is now one-third over. Here’s music news for January 22, 2020. Weekly Canadian music
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Must read: Copyright lawsuits are killing music
I’ve always been fascinated by lawsuits that allege one artist infringed upon/plagiarized the work of another. Most such accusations used
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We need to talk about all these crazy song copyright lawsuits
If it seems that more artists are getting sued over allegedly plagiarizing the work of others, you’re not wrong. There’s
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Here’s a list of new songs that are now in the public domain as of 2020
There comes a point when a musical composition becomes available for anyone to use without permission or licensing. The magical
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Now you see them, now you don’t: Why some Rolling Stones videos suddenly appeared and disappeared on YouTube
If you had nothing to do on New Year’s Eve except to browse through YouTube, you might have stumbled upon
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YouTube’s new policy on song snippets will cost musicians big bucks
YouTube won’t be helping musicians track down and demand payment from people who use tiny snippets of their music –
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Random music news for Thursday, June 6, 2019
The 75th anniversary of D-Day. If you ever get a chance to visit the beaches of Normandy, do it. Moving
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Whistling to the courthouse: Songwriters’ families sues over Andy Griffith Show theme
The Andy Griffith Show went off the air more than 50 years ago, leaving behind Andy, Opie, Aunt Bea, Barney
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