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Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna's Archive for $13trillion for "brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings" (www.nme.com)

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Music licensing is the most fucked up greediest maneuvering I have ever witnessed, and I've bought used cars. I remember buying a box set of "Bonanza" TV series and, when I started to watch, the iconic "Bonanza" theme was replaced by some surf-guitar sounding intro. Fuck music licensing! Go Napster! Simple rule, once the person who wrote the song/piece dies then BOOM!...public domain. What's next? Let's sue all of the travelling bands who play cover tunes.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The Drew Carey show isn't easily streamed in full because of music licensing. It's a bummer for sure.

[–] Grilipper54@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

You dont need a mechanical license to play a cover song live but the venues should be paying the PROs performing rights organizations or they can get sued. Small establishments get sued all the time by companies like ASCAP and BMI because of this.