Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera sign letter calling for changes to copyright law
 

Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera sign letter calling for changes to copyright law
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Hundreds of artists, songwriters, managers, and other players in the music industry are calling on the U.S. Copyright ****** to make what they consider to be long overdue changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a law they say is **t only out-of-date, but detrimental to artists and the future of the industry.*

Katy Perry, Fifth Harmony, Christina Aguilera and Bon Jovi are just some of 57 artists who signed a letter calling for a "sensible reform" of the act, which was signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1998.*

"The existing laws — and their interpretation by judges — threaten the continued viability of songwriters and recording artists to survive from the creation of music," the letter reads. "It has allowed major tech companies to grow and generate huge profits by creating ease of use for consumers to carry almost every recorded song in history in their pocket via a smartphone, while songwriters’ and artists’ earnings continue to diminish." Read more...


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