tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130631852940224660.post4044532679727332202..comments2023-08-10T05:02:31.749-04:00Comments on WTJU Classical Comments: Good news/bad news -- free classical downloads!WTJU Classical Dept.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00582395998958161861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130631852940224660.post-49028984619449933072011-05-12T02:59:49.314-04:002011-05-12T02:59:49.314-04:00classic ‘public good’ – something society needs an...classic ‘public good’ – something society needs and people want but market forces are now incapable of generating in sufficient quality or quantity <a href="http://tech2talk.blogspot.com/search/label/Android" rel="nofollow">android</a> and .” It should be viewed through the same lens as, say, education, health care and transportation infrastructure, as essential to democracy itself.<br /><a href=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130631852940224660.post-51964271586063648862011-03-09T06:36:20.233-05:002011-03-09T06:36:20.233-05:00Although I deal with sound recording copyright iss...Although I deal with sound recording copyright issues in my other job (primarily involved with licensing recordings for compilations), I didn't want to get too far into the details of the law. I thought it would bog down my main point, which was to highlight one of the unintended consequences of the unrealistic and disproportionate protection currently in place in American copyright law.<br /Ralph Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622226399243075353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130631852940224660.post-34098314320143682852011-03-07T15:01:41.171-05:002011-03-07T15:01:41.171-05:00Copyright law as applied to sound recordings is ve...Copyright law as applied to sound recordings is very complicated. Any sound recording created after February 15, 1972, is protected by federal copyright law. Recordings created before 1972 were not protected by federal law, but they are protected by the common law of copyright (or unfair competition) under state law. Congress has provided that exclusively federal protection will be afforded toWTJU Operahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261913139434799901noreply@blogger.com