Eagles' Don Henley asks Congress to change copyright law
Source: AP
By MARCY GORDON
WASHINGTON (AP) Eagles songwriter Don Henley urged Congress on Tuesday to Take It to the Limit to protect artists against online pirating, wading into a copyright fight pitting Hollywood and the recording industry against big tech platforms like Googles YouTube.
The blockbuster hitmaker of the 1970s testified online from his home before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee weighing possible changes to a 1998 copyright law. The law allows holders of copyrighted material to formally ask parties they believe have taken their content without permission to remove it. The parties can dispute the claim. If they comply promptly with the request, there are no legal consequences. Otherwise, they may be subject to criminal penalties.
Henley said the law is weak and needs to be changed to make it more effective in stopping online piracy.
The so-called notice and takedown system under the copyright law is used by the movie and recording industries, entertainment software makers and book authors to pursue tech platforms, universities and other facilitators of file-sharing.
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2017 file photo, artist Don Henley performs at "All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers' Farewell Concert Celebration" at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Henley is urging Congress to Take It to the Limit to protect artists against online pirating. He's wading into a copyright fight pitting Hollywood and the recording industry against big tech platforms like Googles YouTube. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP, File)
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elleng
(130,923 posts)alp227
(32,025 posts)"Take It to the Limit", the entire Hotel California album - you won't find the album versions on YouTube *at all*. Only a few tracks from the Eagles' Very Best compilation are available including "Take It Easy", "Peaceful Easy Feeling", and "Already Gone". In contrast, most songs with Henley on the songwriting credits aren't available. Henley has made his dislike for YouTube known as far back as 2010 (before YouTube got into the music business not just with music videos but formally licensed songs like the one you posted).
Cetacea
(7,367 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 9, 2020, 11:44 PM - Edit history (1)
Word on the Tube is that Henley is still jealous of Meisner's superior vocal talent.
But, it's no fun turning on the TV and hearing one of your pieces being used in commercials.
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,826 posts)Senate Judiciary subcommittee run by Republicans and they are devoting their time to this petty shit.
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)stifle the internet.
Yavin4
(35,440 posts)Then he made money again when everything was re-released to CD. Then he made money again when songs were streamed from online music stores. I understand that artists should be paid for their work, but come on man.
tableturner
(1,682 posts)Yavin4
(35,440 posts)The internet has changed it. You cannot put the genie back in the bottle.
GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)Still gigging and not because they actually love it. They have to.
overleft
(356 posts)azureblue
(2,146 posts)Streaming services (and youtube) pay as little as .0001 per play. You can have a million plays and barely get $50. Streaming cuts into sales badly so artists make very little. Plus radio play is way down, so revenue from that source is down also. And the idea that a musician should be able to earn a living off of their work seems to be foreign to American minds.
I get a spread sheet of world wide streaming sales and the total revenue is laughable even though songs are played around the world and on four streaming services. But the streaming services are making piles on the backs of the artists. I'm glad he is standing up for this. It's about time we started getting paid for our work.
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)laws further as those laws have already been altered enough imo.
Midwestern Democrat
(806 posts)It never would have occurred to me that I could make a billion dollars by providing a platform for blatant copyright infringement - I certainly could have foreseen that a site like that would be very popular (Hey - come to my site and listen to hit songs and watch movies for FREE!) but I also would have assumed I would have been sued into oblivion.
Artists should be paid for their work, and he's doing this more for new ones coming up than himself. He certainly doesn't need the money. This has been a cause for him for a long time.
CaptainTruth
(6,592 posts)...(copyrights, trademarks, & patents) I really don't understand what he's asking for. Current law says that if someone wants to use IP, they have to request permission of the IP owner, period.
As the owner of the IP, if you see someone using it without permission you just have to report it for enforcement.
alp227
(32,025 posts)which is the NAME of the law that Henley testified about. As basic as AP journalism is, at least they could've included that!
To read Henley's testimony in full via the US Senate website: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Henley%20Testimony.pdf
Section 512 of the DMCA, which the hearing was about: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512
An intellectual property blog's more detailed analysis of the hearing: https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2020/06/02/senate-ip-subcommittee-hearing-dmca-reform-grand-bargain-no-longer-working/id=122124/
kas125
(2,472 posts)Have we forgotten 1980 when he was caught with an overdosed 16 year old girl???