digital

Dmca is most widely known for the creation of… that requires content holders to give service providers notice of infringement before action is taken

Safe Harbour Provision

What is the purpose of copyright law?

To promote the advancement of useful arts and sciences.

What tech is credited for welcoming music consumers into the digital age and compelling them to rebuy their music libraries?

CD.

What government agency was responsible for repealing the Obama era net neutrality regulations on broadband companies in 2017?

FCC (Federal Communications Commission).

The copyright office suggests that copyright law extends the public performance right in sound recordings to include…

Terrestrial radio broadcast

The mma requires DSPs like spotify to help create a … that will be tasked with developing and maintaining a database of musical works

MLC:mechanical licensing collective

This title section of the mma will allow music producers to receive compensation for royalties from sound recordings 

AMP Act.

The copyright office designated the amlc to build and operate the mechanical licensing collective created by the music modernization act. True or False

False

What is the one type of market negotiation mentioned in section 115 of copyright law that should not transition to government supervision?

Sync license.

Tech giants like google apple are members of this major trade group

DiMA (Digital Media Association).

What does ISRC stand for?

International Standard Recording Code; used to register and track streams.

Napster facilitated piracy by storing millions of song files on its servers that its users could then download illegally. True or False?

False

What classification are ISPs trying to avoid to eliminate net neutrality?

Title 2.

In the us terrestrial radio broadcasters do not pay a performance fee for the sound recording. True or False?

True.

What type of royalties is the MLC responsible for collecting?

Digital interactive mechanical royalties.

What type of royalties do PROs collect and distribute?

Performance royalties for musical compositions.

What does black box money refer to in royalties?

Royalty revenue that does not reach the right party for one reason or another.

To get your music on Apple Music, Amazon, or Spotify, you would most likely use a what?

Digital aggregator.

Rates paid by subscription based streaming services are far lower then those paid by ad supported streaming services. True or False?

False.

Spotify and apple music are examples of … streaming because those streaming services allow users to select songs at will and access them at any time

Interactive

What are the royalty distribution percentages for SoundExchange?

Sound recording owner: 50%, Featured artists: 45%, Studio musicians: 5%.

copyright offices approach would be offer a … alternative to musical work owners in the form of a … right to withdraw specific categories of rights in key areas where sound recording owners collect key benefits

Free market alternative, opt-out right.

This section of copyright act provides a compulsory license to make and distribute phonorecords subject to the terms and conditions of use

Section 115.

Who are the 19 year olds that founded Napster?

Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker.

Listening to sirius xm radio is … streaming

Non-interactive streaming.

When was Napster founded and when did it file for bankruptcy?

Founded in June 1999, bankrupt in June 2002.

There are large pools of royalty revenue that end up outside of the artist reach in a so-called … …

Black box money.

Currently in the streaming marketplace owners of the … receive majority of income per stream

The master/sound recording owner.

The new crb approved rates for on demand streaming mechanical royalties which are currently set at …% will be increased to what percentage in 2027?

15.1%, 15.35%.

What concept states that all internet traffic should be treated equally?

Net neutrality.

Elements of this defense to copyright infringement include purpose and character of the use and amount of the work used

Fair use.

This group is fighting in congress for a no performance tax claiming undue hardship

National Association of Broadcasters.

Which streaming service currently boasts 265 million paid subscribers?

Spotify.

These collect performance royalties for songwriters and lobby for their interests

PROs

Life of the author plus 70 years

General duration of copyright us

This collects the mechanical royalty for physical album sales

Harry Fox Agency.

This collects non interactive digital royalties for artists and record companies

Sound Exchange.

This collects mechanical royalty for digital streams from dsps

MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective).

This brings pre 1972 sound recordings partially into the federal copyright system

mma

What rights does copyright allow the owner?

Distribute, duplicate, first use, derivative work, perform publicly, display publicly.

How much did Napster pay Metallica in the settlement?

1 million each.

Challenged by ascap and bmi for being overly restrictive and out of date

Doj consent decrees

Initially protects isps for persecution for illegally uploaded content

Safe harbor provision of the dmca