Fifty years ago today, the Sound Recording Act of 1971 went into effect, extending federal copyright protection to sound recordings. A sound recording is a derivative work of the preexisting musical work, and to obtain a copyright in a sound recording one must secure a license from the copyright owner of the musical work.
The 1971 Act was passed to create uniform federal protection against unauthorized
duplication of sound recordings. A 2007 study cited by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) “pegs the annual harm” from music piracy “at $12.5 billion dollars in losses to the U.S. economy as well as more than 70,000 lost jobs and $2 billion in lost wages to American workers.”
Here are links from Wikipedia to record labels, web sites, and bands distributing free music:
- ^ http://auditionrecords.com/about.html
- ^ http://www.dogmazic.net/static.php?op=tableau_licences.php
- ^ http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan05/articles/creative.htm
- ^ http://www.locarecords.com/mission.html
- ^ http://www.ophur.com
- ^ http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/paniq_(2)
- ^ http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Sean_Wright
- ^ http://www.twisted-helices.com/th/
- ^ http://reverbnation.com/drivenmadness
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