Sony/ATV streaming, limited download ban
p2pnet news | Music:- The Harry Fox Agency has been told to halt all future licensing of its product for streaming or limited downloads.
Behind the order is Sony/ATV Music Publishing, says Billboard.
Online corporate music businesses such as RealNetwork’s Rhapsody, Napster and MediaNet will probably be hit, says the story, going on:
“It also raises the question of whether a service that offers a stream or a limited download of any of the publisher’s songs released on records after today would be intentionally infringing the publisher’s copyrights.”
Billboard says the move follows a motion filed yesterday by the Digital Media Association (DiMA ) with the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB).
DiMA, “argues that an interactive stream is not a digital phonorecord delivery (DPD) and, therefore, should not have to be licensed for reproduction. Instead, an interactive stream should only trigger a performance license from ASCAP, BMI or SESAC, says the story, going on:
“The trade group asked the CRB to request the Copyright Office to issue a decision whether or not an interactive stream is a DPD. If a stream is not a DPD, then digital services would not be required to obtain a section 115 reproduction license (i.e., a DPD license) under copyright law.”
Other major publishers, “are also expected to stop future licensing of the services,” it adds.
DiMA members incoude Amazon, AOL, Apple, BestBuy, Broadband Instruments, CNET Networks, E-Cast, iMeem, Live365, LoudCity, MediaNet Digital, Microsoft, Motorola, MTV Networks, Muzak, Napster, National Geographic Society, Netflix, Pandora Media, RealNetworks, Slacke, Spacial Audio Solutions, Thomson, TouchTunes, Yahoo!,YouTube.
Ironically, the now disconnected Sony Connect also belonged to DiMA.
Also see:
Billboard – Sony/ATV Stops Future Licensing of Digital Services , January 8, 2008
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January 8th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Gee, can’t we tack on some more red tape so that nobody will be able to afford to do anything at all with music?
January 9th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I have a Zune and use Zune Marketplace first to pull down music to listen to. If this kills the subscription services, it will drive myself and probably many others to go to the russian sites and bittorrent to get their music files. I am certainly not going to buy every song in my library for 99 or even 79 cents. This news is very troubling. Seems like the labels are willing to give us DRM free music but only if we pay for each track. No more streaming, no more Launchcast or Pandora. It’s back to the year 2000 with the only gain being able to buy single tracks digitally instead of having to buy an entire CD. Hey if labels had done this kind of thing way back in 2000 at the beginning of the Napster craze, it could have solved the issue right then and there, but music fans after all this time are so used to the all-you-can-eat cheap buffets (if you use a sub service or russian site) or free (if you use p2p or bittorrrent) it would create a revolution to turn back the clock so many years. That seems to be the direction wanted by this news.