Hundreds of artists, songwriters, managers, and other players in the music industry are calling on the U.S. Copyright Office to make what they consider to be long overdue changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a law they say is not only out-of-date, but detrimental to artists and the future of the industry.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 letter comes just over a week after a report by the Recording Industry Association of America that pointed out an "alarming disparity" between the rise in music consumption and revenue going to artists. Specifically, they take issue with section 512, or the notice-and-takedown provision. While that may have been effective back when the law was passed in the dial-up era, it's ineffective at best now, since as soon as one illegal video is taken down, another one ? or another hundred ? is uploaded in its place. In their letter, artists called it "the all-purpose shield that tech companies hide behind while they threaten the livelihood of music creators."
01-04-2016 - Vidéo Christina Aguilera / Katy Perry /
