Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995 (1996)

Record Details:

Title:
Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995
Date:
1996
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office
Volume:
Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995
Leaf #:
000362
Language:
English
Subjects:
Copyright -- United States, Copyright -- Motion pictures United States","Motion pictures -- Labeling United States","Motion pictures -- Conservation and restoration United States
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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354 Artists & Music SONY. RHINO PLAN ROYALTY REFORMS Ottjneo wrms the rtersMon ui 'iniuil mponae' »nt Hkb Uut pUm u encnrt the frtornv to i Iw^^r number of trtisti' V being Fviluaud ' Fla include! RAB and mer iHiSts in 1968 iruulung m flntt« cud) u the Crowt. the time lump-sum puvrnenu to mtny of the d Ronnie Hswlum.jas wtMlM and Uter exunled (he rrfonn U) > beiuif I. Robi Joe Tunvr. ThMmpun Jack Dupne. Bill Broonzv. and Memphis Minnv RAB anG>ti> frura the -SO* >nd eOt. on Eptc dnd OKtrh include Roy Hamilton. Major Lance. Big Maytaelte the Ravens. ixT^imin Jay Hawkma. Ljttie Joe A the Thnllert. and the Schoolboys A <|uick check of the nmur of the Rhn grtaU Count Ba&ie, Joe WtDiaim. ^nh Vauffhan. and pop MUrt like Jen Southern and J immne Rodger^ Some early-blueK ptoneers may have irveni music hmoruxM Old rrrording contracu often aaddled unrepretenied artiau, moat of them Afncan-Amencans. with nyalty nits aa kTw aa 3% of whotaiale or l%af retaJ pnre Still other artutaarrepied no-royalty -buyouta' of between S60 and S200 , However, MCA haa not yet exlfnded tha»« refom to other RAB artxta who onre reconM for labeta auch aa Decca. Conl. PeKock. and Duke, wti^ MCA Atiantw was the finl lafaH bo iniuue EMI followed with bnurter reforma. the royiRy nforma in 198K foUomd by induding a 10% royalty U) all pre iy72 MCA >n 198V. EMI in 1992. and De annu in all genra aral the etammuwn norvthe Ntppon Columtxa Co m 1993 of unncouped royalty bdajvcs Atlanuc initially ehminaled unrv Denon/lhe Nippon Columbia Co.. coupedbalanmfor3&ofltaaeminatfor which owns the jazzand RAB-nchcsl' ■ri* ei«p««fa JUliM OF tm TIJ ^M I I HaawY O & TK* B^ts (III Nuttin oumrn work ■"'!:?•■• does -EEh ,. off GRAMMY NOMINEES ■ITAL PlirOIHAICI le compsnie* expreai ^ about the changea 19 PolyOrmm Holding Inc . which owrtt the Menury label and its a(TUiat£3 anrt the Verve cualoit and its prrdeceaaors In addition. PolvGram HoMing boufrht the MoUM-n caLakig M^erJ years ifj Enc KjTinfeld, COO for PoMiram Hoidintr Inc . aavs the rrforma requot ed by the RA B Foundatxm bcajd member* are "the wrung »-ay to go* to ao*v nf the underlytng concerns about aging RAB performers — that la. generating funds for medical needs Kronfekl aay« updating royalty rales and eliminating unncouped royalty baJ ancca ts *a Band-Aid af^niach ~ Raiher he supTxwta a concurrwii eff on by f oundation board members to eslabliah a eani()r«henBive medical-maurwice profnm Cor older aftwa 'I aipfMrt the efforts of board memfa0« Bonnie Ram and ( E H 1 M IMC [na■dm/CCO) Jon rcfleU to find and pn>vide a meani to allocate fundi to alleviate the luffenng of previous rrcording artisu ' uya Knnfeld. "and ny rased royafty rat ncouped balancea. r on labels now owi the remaining major« a mer reronting antHii urn royalty provision>. »wv BMG 0%-n the RCA the-boarri reforms. Executitea therv rt rrf orms to meet the EMI and Rhmou li Conte AlUntK a tionahipa wtth our ariMUt— past and pn Artoihcr label yei to make any n tbntia ■ Tantaay, wtuch tmnm the ab k«af the Jazz fBnif Pnatigc Riverad enough difference to help th Furthermore. Kronfeld a alty refoi «edoe9 artiata "That'i distasteful to me " he SQTS. wiule adding that 'pnAably mod c/ thoae affened an AfricanAmencara-' He says he had determined It wouU take at least thrre years to change the aceounung procedures, during which Qme a kx of ailmg veteran artats would not see any pouible benefits " Settlor ufruUvjLA^ BMC. another of Stai-VoH. Some cntvx of the rmmlty reforms ai pnvatHy thai the hike to s 10% roysh rouU be offset by unpuUiaaed. curren industry -contract stipuiationa. such a» 2OTpackaging charge or a 2S* n*w mi (ha ( analog to (bgttal ) charge. Unul the Sony and Rhino develof ments. slow pmgreas on the royalty n form front has frustrated Kome R4 Foundation board members e&|jecali in light of the recorrl of generous Amu oal support by the industry m other a; write the foundation's annual Pionet Awards cerrmony Industry gifls and donatMms haveti taled more than SI 3i> million sinc« th RAB Foundstjons inception in 1988 The fcundsuon s aixih-annuaJ award preaematjon wUI be hekJ March 2 at th Hollywind Palladium in Lea Angeles i a pan of Grammy Week. BMG CLASSICS GETS INTERNET RETAIL SITE ItoiUiHtud from pagt ii s.'HowbetlertodoyourahoppBigr Vocal Area. Mail A The classical radio s fQled thai role have twen kMing audvnce and changmg formal, he adds The coat of cmung the database is pocenoaL Bourne, s musnan sr^ a computer profeaaional who began aasemhling Claaaia World barvty five months d Bulletin Boan! It weU below 1100.000 'ltiunbebe\ month Among their desUnattonn. a* of mid-February 17 milhon domains more than double the 700.000 pariied m cybenpaoe in September when Boun^ pro^rt. The Um ci fWnfadit)' has aUowed pletely eclipse serMces like CompuServe and America On-Lne. he addii Oaaaics World (reached at wwtidasncatanuuami conarta of set-en dmetonca; Ariot Area. Composer Area, Concert Halt. Bernoer s Guide. Opera/ d CD Store All feature CD-quat<V audiocips and reama of tno. m atkbuor Concert Hall has Quicktime videoa a performances. s uicluded 85 BMG per wty — Bourne was buy eicefptir^ ana from "Madame Butterfly " and 'Car men" the week before the launch o ClaasKS Worid 'Eyentually. there wj be sudioclips for every one ' Bourm boasU of ClaasKS World sound (fiaUy ■ We got very clever about compres Reaching domain ca|acn> ant a eon cem 'f don't think well e\-er get neai e says Looking for more ways U greater design promote BMG n and perhaps co-promoM