RIAA can't search for copyright violators; still wants Web sites to help
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The Recording industry says the Digital Millennium Copyright Act isn't working anymore. And it still want web sites to help identify copyright violators.
RIAA: US copyright law 'isn't working'
1998 copyright law may need to be rewritten, Recording Industry Association of America President Cary Sherman says, unless broadband providers and others agree to antipiracy measures.
Copyright Board reduces royalties in radio on intl criteria
The radio industry got a fillip today as the royalties it pays to music companies were substantially reduced by the Copyright Board. The Board directed that radio companies would have to pay two per cent of their net advertising revenues to music providers. Till now, radio companies were paying royalties on an hourly rate which was around Rs 850 per hour of broadcast.
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