Re: You Tube .......again
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:54 am
I suspect the rates were never intended to provide an income for composers/musicians, but were simply a means of covering the costs (to PPL & MCPS) of administering it. There is probably an arguments that says if it's bona fide amateur, then we are happy to help. The licences are, I'm guessing, simply a means of establishing someone is genuinely making amateur (ie no payment received) movies.
Of course it wouldn't prevent people "cheating" but if one has the licence one is less inclined to cheat.
And, equally, the internet rather of changes all this. I want to show my (eg) kids singing new lyrics to a Beatles tune on the internet and I'd really like to licence it properly, but there's no way i could afford the licence that would really be required. So I buy the IAC licence and feel I'm semi legit (although, of course there's no such thing)
John (R) hits on the most important point though - and that's control over where one's creations are used. Lennon and McCartney would probably have a fit at what I've done, but they'd probably be rather more agitated if I'd used it in (say) extreme right wing propaganda.
It would be interesting to see how copyright will be dealt with after another 50 years when the law might have caught up with digital technology. I have a feeling IP rights might change dramatically and copyright become a thing of the past. I've no idea what that would do for creativity and artistry.
Of course it wouldn't prevent people "cheating" but if one has the licence one is less inclined to cheat.
And, equally, the internet rather of changes all this. I want to show my (eg) kids singing new lyrics to a Beatles tune on the internet and I'd really like to licence it properly, but there's no way i could afford the licence that would really be required. So I buy the IAC licence and feel I'm semi legit (although, of course there's no such thing)
John (R) hits on the most important point though - and that's control over where one's creations are used. Lennon and McCartney would probably have a fit at what I've done, but they'd probably be rather more agitated if I'd used it in (say) extreme right wing propaganda.
It would be interesting to see how copyright will be dealt with after another 50 years when the law might have caught up with digital technology. I have a feeling IP rights might change dramatically and copyright become a thing of the past. I've no idea what that would do for creativity and artistry.