[Copyright conference coverage] Katie Melua apparently wonders why she is valued less because she is a singer songwriter than she would be if she was a writer, according to Peter Jamieson, executive chairman, BPI.
[Copyright conference coverage] Peter Jamieson, executive chairman, BPI. “I have no desire to ape the US, but we cannot afford to lessen our music rights at all. The US is not out on its own with huge copyright protection. Europe just lags behind the trend, and has the lowest amount of time for protection.”
[Copyright conference coverage]: Martin Kretschmer Professor, Bournemouth University: “I suggest we use extended collective licensing – can’t call it a compulsory license, but on the ground you say after a short period of exclusive rights the work gets an ‘innovation license’ and royalties are negotiated thereafter. The people who earn a good living from copyright are a handful of artists, usually at the end of their career.”
[Copyright conference coverage]: Martin Kretschmer Professor, Bournemouth University, made the point that Ibuprofen and Nurofen are the same essential product but Nurofen costs ten times as much. Why because the copyright on Ibuprofen ran out in the 80s and Boots decided to market Nurofen… “If you want high prices and less innovation then extend the terms of copyright.”
Emma Pike, Chief Exec. British Music Rights, Co-Chairman, Music Business Forum, speaking at Copyright Review: Getting The Rights Balance said: “In an experience economy, do we want to slap a two thousand pound fine on customers?” But, she added: “Right now it#039s the creator which is bearing the full load of value.”
“Intellectual property is the bedrock of the creative economy. The Labour Manifesto committed us to “modernise copyright and other forms of protection of intellectual property rights so that they are appropriate for the digital age…. an information rich society needs an easy exchange of ideas – after all, creativity often comes from collaboration, from putting existing ideas together in new ways. So, we need an IP framework that balances the
Apple to shift 37 million iPods in 2005: Apple will sell 37 million iPods in 2005 according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Given that the company has sold a tad under 18 million so far this year, Munster is expecting much in the last quarter. Apple sold just over 8.2 million in 2004.
[InformationWeek]: Sony’s DRM system uses techniques normally employed by hackers and “can crash Windows.” Sony BMG Music Entertainment installed a “rootkit” in the copy-protection software distributed along with one of its music titles which exposes those systems to massive security vulnerabilities. Amatuears can’t even remove it. Sony has countered by saying that the copy-protection software is harmless, and issuing a patch, but hackers distributing code that could take advantage of
[Ahmedabad.com]: The head of the intellectual property rights association for the Indian Music Industry, said Gujarat in India is a big center for piracy and almost 80 per cent of inlaid covers used in duplicate cassettes, are printed in Ahmedabad.
[BBC]: A group legal action suit over the iPod nano has widened beyond the United States to includes consumers from the United Kingdom and Mexico. Consumers are alleging that the iPod nano screens are easily scratched. Apple says the problem only affects less than one-percent of its players. The law suit seeks a refund and a portion of Apple profits from player sales (yeah, right). In fact, Apple has agreed