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Want to listen to the latest and most popular songs? You can download them instantly from the Internet at the touch of a finger. However, starting next month, listening to music online may cost money. Recently, the National Copyright Administration issued the "Notice on Ordering Online Music Service Providers to Stop Unauthorized Dissemination of Music Works," requiring all online music service providers to take all unauthorized distribution of music works offline before July 31. 1. The original text of the notice. Let’s first read the original text of the notice: Notice to all online music service providers regarding ordering online music service providers to stop unauthorized dissemination of music works: In order to strengthen the protection of the rights of copyright holders of musical works and standardize the copyright of music works spread online Order, in accordance with the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations on the Protection of Information Network Communication Rights, the Implementation Measures for Copyright Administrative Punishments and other relevant provisions, as well as the relevant work deployment of the "Jianwang 2015" special action, the notice is as follows: Since July 2015, the National Copyright Administration has launched a special rectification campaign to standardize online music copyright, strengthen copyright law enforcement and supervision of online music service providers, and promote the establishment of a good online music copyright order and operating ecology. Based on the serious situation of unauthorized dissemination of music works by online music service providers, all online music service providers are hereby ordered to stop unauthorized dissemination of music works and take all unauthorized dissemination of music works offline before July 31, 2015. . For online music service providers that continue to disseminate unauthorized music works after July 31, 2015, the National Copyright Administration will strictly investigate and deal with them in accordance with the law. Notice is hereby given. In the subsequent interpretation of this notice by the National Copyright Administration on July 8, 2015, a spokesperson of the National Copyright Administration stated that the current major online music service providers are not only music websites, but also various music APP operators. At the same time, they are included in the scope of key copyright supervision. "Currently, there is no online music service provider that does not have copyright issues." 2. Netizens complain that listening to music has to be charged? Hurry up and stock up on your phone. If you want to listen to music, there are too many ways, including websites, mobile phones, and music-listening software. Domestic and foreign, everything is available. Even if some listening apps charge for some songs, you can still listen to them for free if you change the app. According to an online survey, 81% of netizens said they were unwilling to pay to listen to music, while only 19% said they would pay to listen to music online. However, paying to listen to music has also become a trend. Half of the people surveyed said that they would be willing to pay for high-definition sound quality music. Therefore, the appearance of this new notice caused a stir among netizens, and various opinions were clearly divided into two groups: one group strongly supported and supported it. Netizen "@Don't even deceive yourself" said: "This is really a good thing. , copyright protection, give corresponding rewards to truly talented people. "Netizen "@secretSHAW" said: "Support! Only when the copyright is in place can the level be improved. I am still more willing to spend money to buy classics than to listen to clichés for free." In support. Among the people, there are some well-known online musicians, such as "@tanshao" and "@清宁", who also forwarded the message and liked it. At the same time, many netizens also expressed concerns about the future of listening to music. "@沅西nico" said: "When I saw the news about music copyright, I was so scared that I immediately downloaded all the songs in the APP playlist." 3. The current situation of the recording industry There are fewer and fewer "golden songs", and 90% of records The company is losing money. Most people born in the 1980s and some born in the 1990s may still remember that when there was no Internet when they were young, they would often visit video stores to buy tapes and CDs of their idols’ songs, and even copy down lyrics on paper. At that time, there were many singers with platinum-selling records, and superstars like Zhang *You were born with sales of over 100 million. Until later, piracy began to appear slowly, and tapes and CDs had long become antiques. "The emergence of the Internet in the past ten years has made the dissemination of music easier and easier, and music copyright cannot be protected. It can be said that the dissemination of music through various online channels has caused disaster to the music industry." Experts from Jiangsu Copyright Bureau told the reporter of Modern Express. The introduction of this policy was also decided by the National Copyright Administration after more than four months of research, and it is consistent with the theme of this year’s World Intellectual Property Day – “Move for joy, protect rights for joy”. How much impact has the Internet had on the music industry? Song Ke, the founder of ** Music, once said: It is already a miracle that a popular singer can sell 20,000 records, and more than 90% of record companies are losing money. If the current status of music copyright is left alone, what will be the final result? Experts say that due to the inability of the market economy to produce new songs, musicians lack funds to invest in the production of new songs. In the end, people can only listen to the previous "gold songs" and no new songs will appear. Musicians and record companies, which have been hugely impacted by free online music downloads, have been protecting their interests in various ways over the years. Experts from the Jiangsu Copyright Bureau introduced this "history of struggle" for musicians to protect copyright to the reporter of Modern Express. "There was a time when mobile phone ring tones were very popular, so some record companies transformed into copyright companies, bought out the copyrights of many singers' famous songs, and sold them as ring tones." Later, various music websites rushed to appear, and music companies began to cooperate with Cooperate with the website to classify the sound quality of the songs provided according to the different music appreciation habits of the audience.
"Some people don't care about the sound quality of music, so they can listen to low-quality or average-quality songs for free, and the website can gain clicks from them. People who care about sound quality will also be willing to spend a little money to buy high-quality songs. "Sound quality songs." Experts said that the impact of new media has caused the entire cultural industry to face a huge transformation in its profit model. Then the most important interpretation comes. 4. Legal Interpretation Expert: Protecting music copyright does not mean paying to listen to music. However, from the current free listening to music to a charge for listening to music, many people feel uncomfortable. Experts said that protecting the copyright of music does not mean that you have to spend money to listen to music in the future. "This notice is aimed at many online music service providers. If they want to spread a song, they must obtain the copyright from the musician, which will result in some financial transactions. But whether the audience should pay when listening to the song, this is It’s a matter for the music website or music APP operator to decide.” Experts analyze that if the website provides free listening to a newly released pop song, the website may gain a lot of popularity in the first few days. You can listen to it for free for a few months. After the popular period, it will switch to high-quality and low-quality. Listeners who particularly like this song can purchase the high-quality version as a collection, while the low-quality free version will be used for the normal promotion of subsequent songs. "Whether you need to pay for listening to music in the future or not, this announcement alone does not count. It depends on the decisions of various websites and apps." Not long ago, foreign singer ** Swift had a dispute with Apple. Similar copyright issues. It turns out that Taylor has just released a new album and was originally going to put it on Apple's music server. However, Apple stipulates that the first three months of new songs being put on the shelves are free, which also means that singers and producers No income can be obtained at all. So Taylor simply decided to terminate cooperation with Apple. In the end, Apple decided that the company itself would pay artists and producers the copyright fees for 90 days, while netizens would still be able to listen to new songs for free within 3 months. Cover music cannot be played online without authorization. Nowadays, singing is no longer just a matter for professional singers. When they hear a good song, many netizens will choose to cover it and upload it to win everyone's praise. In the face of the new regulations, some netizens asked, if you download a new song from an authorized website, cover it and then upload it again, is it okay? "The uploading process is actually a kind of copying, although the singer is not the singer himself. , but lyrics and music also have copyrights, and covers cannot be played online without authorization. "Experts from the Jiangsu Copyright Bureau said that this has always been a requirement. However, since most covers are currently a kind of promotion of songs, few singers and record companies care about this matter. And if the cover is so famous that it is used in commercial performances to gain profits from it, problems will actually arise. For example, in the past two years, the "Rising Sun Masculine" group performed a cover of Wang Feng's "Spring" on various stages, but ultimately encountered objections from Wang Feng. The editor has something to say: No matter from which point of view, removing unlicensed music is a good thing. First, change the general environment. After all, we advocate a socialist society ruled by law. Therefore, the protection of intellectual property rights cannot be ignored. The economic benefits generated by intellectual property rights are long-term and stable. If they are not protected, the intellectual property rights will be lost. It is difficult for related industries to grow; secondly, this is also in line with the strict implementation of my country's Copyright Law and is an important part of the construction of the rule of law; finally, we must respect the labor results of singers and their producers. As for whether we will implement payment Listen to songs. Legal objectivity:
Article 2 of the "Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works" voluntarily registers works. Regardless of whether the works are registered or not, the copyrights obtained by the author or other copyright holders in accordance with the law will not be affected. Article 3 of the "Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works" The copyright bureaus of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government are responsible for the registration of works by authors or other copyright holders within their respective jurisdictions. The National Copyright Administration is responsible for the registration of works by authors or other copyright holders in foreign countries and in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.