Hollywood Reporter: The sound of dissonance over a provision of U.S. copyright law which allows recording artists and songwriters to take back ownership over creative works is growing louder. On Wednesday, attorneys for Victor Willis, the original lead singer of the Village People, delivered arguments to a California federal judge why a copyright grant to songs such as "Y.M.C.A." should be terminated over the objections of the two companies that administer publishing rights.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Judge Asked to Reject Resistance to "Y.M.C.A." Copyright Termination
Hollywood Reporter: The sound of dissonance over a provision of U.S. copyright law which allows recording artists and songwriters to take back ownership over creative works is growing louder. On Wednesday, attorneys for Victor Willis, the original lead singer of the Village People, delivered arguments to a California federal judge why a copyright grant to songs such as "Y.M.C.A." should be terminated over the objections of the two companies that administer publishing rights.
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I hope that artists succeed in their copyright takeback ventures and I'm glad that different compainoe are helping them get their songs out from the stranglehold of big record compainies. I am disheartened yet unsurprised that record companies are fighting to keep artists from what is rightfully theirs but when there is that much money involved they can't be expected to react any differently.
I hope that this is one piece of good news we can talk about relating to recent copyright legislation, in contrast to the usual dismal news that comes from the 'all rights reserved' culture. I hope that by helping copyright benefit the artists slightly more and the companies slightly less, the incentives change in a way that makes copyright companies less likely to fight for greedy expansions of their copyright. If this incentive really does shift, there might be hope that some of the culture would eventually belong to the artists and creators rather than the agents and facilitators. On the other hand, while this one change is promising, I'm not very optimistic about the balance of IP legislation currently pending. The outlook seems pretty bleak, but I guess we can hope that this is a move towards some improvment.
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