| It's not just about 'yay free music', though it would absolutely impact streaming services. This would have a huge impact on remixers, hip hop beat track artists, original music creators, and people who cover old standards. The way it is now, it's difficult enough for creative people to use the music that falls under free use as it is. For example, an animator used Annette Henshaw recordings from the 20s that were no longer under US Copyright, and spent over 9,000 hours creating animation that synced up to the music, only to still end up in a copyright battle over the recordings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita_Sings_the_Blues#Copyright... Check out the movie, it's pretty fab, https://archive.org/details/Sita_Sings_the_Blues , but would it exist under the new CLASSICS act? I doubt it. Youtube already removes ad revenue/or the music for videos that use some recordings of music from the 30s and 40s using the Content ID system of ownership (not copyright). and that doesn't even cover how passing this act would affect companies, artists, people who've been using these works as the basis of their work for years. Will they have to get multiple retroactive mechanical licenses? https://www.harryfox.com/license_music/what_is_mechanical_li... Or will the record companies just claim their works/revenue from the works? |