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Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/10/06 20:19
"Kernix" wrote ...
> Was that due to the creation of the US Copyright office
> (not sure when that was created), or was that an International
> "thang" pertaining to copyrights? It would be interesting to know.
The original copyright laws in the USA date from 1790.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1a.html
But there have been several very significant revisions, most
notably (and most recently) the "Digital Millennium Copyright
Act" (DCMA).
Many of the copyright rules are standardized across all the
countries that are signatories of the "Berne Convention"
(including the USA), but local rules and business conventions
are different in how licensing for various activities work in
each different country.
For example, in the USA, we have "compulsory licensing"
for sound recordings (tapes, CDs, LPs.) which makes it
relatively inexpensive and easy to get a "mechanical license"
to distribute recordings. You can purchase a compulsory
mechanical license online at the Harry Fox Agency website
for most popular music. http://www.harryfox.com
But in the USA, getting a "sync license" to use music in a film
or video is a much more difficult/expensive proposition. But in
other countries, the equivalent of "sync license" is as easy and
affordable as a "mechanical license" in the USA.
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