digital age midterm

DMCA is most widely known for creation of what concept that requires content holders to give service providers notice of infringement before action must be taken ?

safe harbor

what is the purpose of copyright law ?

to promote advancement of useful arts & sciences

what tech is credited w/ welcoming music consumers into digital age & compelling them to re-buy their music libraries ?

CD

what gov agency was responsible for appealing obama-era net neutrality regulations on broadband cos in 2017 ?

FCC (federal communications commission)

copyright office suggests that copyright law extend public performance rights & sound recordings to include ?

terrestrial radio broadcasts

this title of MMA allows producers to receive compensation for royalties collected for uses of sound recs under section 114 statutory license…

AMP act

what is the 1 free market negotiation in sec 115 of copyright law that copyright & music marketplace report suggests should not be changed to gov-supervised licensing regime ?

sync license

tech giants (google, apple, microsoft) are members of this major trade group…

DiMA

what is an ISRC ?

international standard rec code - given to each track released by artist as ID #

what classification are ISPs trying to avoid to kill net neutrality ?

title II - public utility (phone lines)

what type of royalties is MLC responsible for collecting ?

digital interactive mechanical royalties

what type of royalties do PROs distribute ?

performance royalties for musical comp

when it comes to royalties in 2025, what is black box money ?

royalty revenue that does not reach correct party

to get music on DSPs you would most likely use what ?

digital aggregator

copyright office designated AMLC to build & operate mechanical licensing collective created by MMA.

false

napster facilitated piracy by storing mils of song files on its servers that users could then download illegally.

false - p2p system connecting users to other servers

in u.s. terrestrial radio broadcasters do not pay performance fee for sound rec.

true

rates paid by sub-based streaming services are far lower than those paid by ad-supported streaming services.

false

MMA requires DSPs to help create a ___ tasked w/ developing & maintaining database of musical works & sound recs which will be publicly available & is expected to become most comprehensive database in industry.

MLC (mechanical licensing collective)

spotify & apple music are examples of ___________ streaming bc they allow listener to personally select songs at will & access at anytime.

interactive

soundexchange distributes royalties by these %%%…

sound rec owners: 50%

featured artists: 45%

studio musicians: 5%

copyright office’s approach would be to offer a ____ ______ alternative to musical work owners in form of _______ right to withdraw specific categories of rights from gov oversight in key areas where sound rec owners enjoy such benefits.

free market

opt-out

section ___ of copyright act provides compulsory license to make & distribute phonorecords subject to terms & conditions of use

115

19 y.o. entrepreneurs who founded napster…

shawn fanning & sean parker

listening to siriusxm radio would be considered _______________ streaming.

non-interactive

napster founded june ____ & filed for bankruptcy june ____.

1999

2002

there are large pools of royalty revenue that end up outside of artists’ reach in so-called _____ ___ where rightful owners of royalty revenue can’t be accurately ID bc of lack of industry-wide system for tying usage to ownership.

black box

currently in streaming marketplace, owners of _____ ___ receive majority of income per stream.

sound rec

new CRB-approved rates for on-demand streaming mechanical royalties which are currently set at ___% will increase to ____% in 2027.

15.1

15.35

the concept stating that all traffic on internet should be treated equally

net neutrality

this argument against elements of copyright infringement include purpose/character of use & amount of work used…

fair use

these are challenged by ASCAP & BMI for being overly restrictive & out-of-date…

DOJ consent decrees

this initially protects ISPs from prosecution for illegally uploaded content…

safe harbor

this group is fighting in congress for no performance tax claiming undue hardship…

national association of broadcasters

currently boasts 265 mil paid subs…

spotify

these collect performance royalties for songwriters & lobby for their interests…

PROs

life of author +70 yrs is what ?

general u.s. copyright duration

this collects mechanical royalties for physical album sales…

harry fox agency

this collects non-interactive digital royalties for artists & record cos…

soundexchange

this collects mechanical royalties for digital streams from DSPs..

MLC

this brings pre-1992 sound recs partially into fed copyright system…

MMA

copyright allows author limited monopoly to…

distribute

duplicate

1st use

derivative work

public performance/display

how much did napster have to pay dre & metallica ?

$1M each

pros/cons of spotify biz model ? what does future hold for co in 3-5 years ?

pros/cons of MMA ?

after watching downloaded doc, will creation of p2p networks for sharing music in the long run be better or worse for biz ? (specific ex of how napster changed industry)