Songwriters want to get paid for 30-second song previews

Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are lobbying Congress to legislate the payment of performance fees into downloaded music. If music publishers get their way, they'll be able to extract additional licensing fees from music downloads, movies, and TV shows containing their music, and even 30-second previews.

[via ars technica]

emily | 3:52 PM | Copyright Protection |
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