Believe it or not, as a consumer, there is absolutely no way for me to obtain any of these rights. There's no button to click in iTunes, no publisher's site to visit, no way to find out who owns what. In fact, iTunes doesn't even tell you who the composer
Most of YouTube Inc.'s agreements with record labels don't address royalties for music publishers, who control the copyrights to the words and music underlying the recordings. YouTube or its partners must locate parties ranging from studios to actors, and
It's perfection and elegance have attracted many smart people to believe in it and at the same time have prevented its fans from realizing that it's never, ever, ever going to happen. Incremental solutions virtually always win. Collective licensing is
Google is frantically making payouts of “tens of millions of dollars” to the content companies. One unnamed film and TV company is receiving $100 million to license its content over a two-year period, according to the report.
Das Regelkorsett der GEMA ist für Podcaster, die gelegentlich einen Song aus dem Repertoire benötigen, vielleicht praktikabel, für Musikpodcaster, die in erster Linie Bands und Künstler vorstellen möchten, sind die Lizenzen eng und erdrückend.
