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Copyright Hearing Recap: Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty, and Copyright Term

By FMC Policy Fellow Jordan Reth

The US House of Representatives continued its review of existing copyright law yesterday with the Subcomittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet hearing on “Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty, and Copyright Term.” read more

A Second Bite at the Apple for Artists: FMC's Casey Rae Appears Before Congress

By FMC Policy Fellow Jordan Reth

Tomorrow, our very own Casey Rae (VP for Policy and Education) will testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet in a hearing on “Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty, and Copyright Term.” read more

Testimony In the “Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty and Copyright Term ” Hearing

The following written testimony was submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and The Internet, in advance of VP for Policy and Education Casey Rae’s appearance on July 15, 2014.

Members of the committee, it is a privilege to appear before you today to offer my perspectives on copyright issues that impact creators and the public. read more

FMC To Congress: Preserve Artists' Ability To Recapture Rights

July 14, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 1PM, the House Judiciary subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet will hold the latest in a series of hearings on current copyright law. Future of Music Coalition Vice President for Policy and Education, Casey Rae, will testify at a hearing on “Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty and Copyright Term.”

Rae, a musician, artist advocate and educator, will underscore the importance of creators’ ability to file to reclaim copyrights they had previously transferred to a label or publisher following a 35-year period established by Congress in the 1976 Copyright Act. read more

FMC Supports Songwriters' Filing in Termination Case

Regular readers have probably seen us post about “termination rights,” which is a fancy way of saying that authors of copyrightable works — including musicians and songwriters — are eligible under federal law to have their rights return to them after a period of 35 years. Some of the companies to whom those copyrights were originally granted (like publishers and labels), aren’t keen to give them up. read more

The Terminator II: Return of the "Gap"

[This post was assembled with the assistance of FMC interns Adam Holofcenter and Lindsey Reilly.]

Remember that post from a while back, “The Terminator,” where we described the somewhat bizarre — and clearly unintentional — “gap” in the 1976 Copyright Act’s termination of transfer provisions?

It’s cool if you don’t, but if you wanna get caught up, we’ll wait. Back? Good. Now for the hotly-anticipated sequel. read more

FMC Comments on Issues Concerning the Termination of Transfer of Copyright

Future of Music Coalition filed these reply comments with the Copyright Office in their Notice of Public Inquiry on the “termination of transfer” of copyrights.

Under the 35-year reversion terms of the 1976 Copyright Act, copyrights made after Jan. 1, 1978 are eligible to once again become the creator’s property. The comments also address the so called “gap” in the termination clause, in which songs composed under exclusive songwriting aggrements with publishers may fall in between the 56-year termination provisions of the previous 1909 Act and the 35-year terms of its 1976 successor.

Notice of Public Inquiry; Reply Comments: 75 Fed Reg 15390 (3/29/10)

[A footnoted version of this document is available in PDF]

A. Experience

Future of Music Coalition (FMC) is a not-for-profit collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities. FMC seeks to educate the media, policymakers and the public about issues at the intersection of music, technology, policy and law while bringing together diverse voices in an effort to identify creative solutions to challenges in this space. Our work often concerns copyright issues and creators’ ability to exploit their intellectual property in an open marketplace. read more

termination rights

Copyright Hearing Recap: Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty, and Copyright Term

A Second Bite at the Apple for Artists: FMC's Casey Rae Appears Before Congress

Testimony In the “Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty and Copyright Term ” Hearing

FMC To Congress: Preserve Artists' Ability To Recapture Rights

FMC Supports Songwriters' Filing in Termination Case

The Terminator II: Return of the "Gap"

FMC Comments on Issues Concerning the Termination of Transfer of Copyright

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