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Re:Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS D... by archgrove on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:41AM (#5607457)
Copyright has been around a lot longer than the late 1800's/early 1900's. And many, many people rely on it for their income, not just the recording industry. In fact, the entire software industry, pretty much. Does the recording industry lose protection because they're big?
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Re:Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS D... by nitrogen on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:23PM (#5611164)
Copyright was originally much shorter in duration, and did not cover phonographic recordings. I've lost the link, but I remember reading US senate hearings from the early 1900s in which phonograph producers were arguing against music publishers, basically following the same template you see the record labels using to argue against new technology today.

Relevant laws found on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1831 (added musical compositions to US copyright)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1909 (added mechanical reproduction (piano rolls, phonographs) and public performances to US copyright)

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