MUIN 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sonny Bono, Derivative Work, Mechanical License
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Term extended: 28 + 28 (=56 years from publication) The copyright owner is only entitled to compensation for the first sale of the copy e. Congress responsible for regulating the right & fee to incorporate a song on a device. 1909 - 2 cents, or half cent per minute (whichever larger), not updated for inf. 2006 - 9. 1 cents or 1. 75 cents per minute. Still against berne convention, due to loss of copyright for: Sound recordings still do not qualify for "performance rights" Most changes were intentionally meant to bring the u. s. closer to the berne convention. But - a fundamental issue re copyright is at stake/issue: 2 main drivers that make copyright larger for us. The public"s "widest possible access" to (build upon) such new creations. Term lengths of ownership revised py embodying the work evice (also called the r inflation tion. Notice is still required on published works. 1989 - notice requirement finally removed, so u. s. could join.
