Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article

Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by wool_gather on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:48AM (#17540859)

Absolutely true. Parent may just not understand all the details. One thing that can be slightly confusing w/r/t copyright and recorded music is that the there's a rule that automatically grants a license to produce a new recording of a piece, without the original author or the copyright holder even being consulted. This is called a "mechanical license"; you can perform your own version of any musical work as long as you pay the fee and royalties for it.

That said, I believe there are still provisions for something like "moral rights" where the original author could sue to block publication.

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Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by jkaplowitz on Monday July 16, 2018 @12:45PM (#17542701)

The US doesn't have a general concept of moral rights, though many countries do. Is there some moral right specifically applicable to those compulsory musical licenses?

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Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by wool_gather on Monday July 16, 2018 @01:37PM (#17543162)

You're right -- I don't remember the right term for this case, which is why I put it in quotes. I just know that you can get the license automatically, and do the recording, but that the original artist has some means to try to block you releasing the recording.

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Re:Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Publishe... by jkaplowitz on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:37PM (#17543771)

Yeah, it's pretty confusing. I'm pretty sure the rules for performing covers are different from the rules for releasing recordings of covers, too. I think performance rights are more permissive.

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