Re: Copyright and MP3 issues

On 4/29/99, David Post <postd[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Dirceu Pereira <dpsrosa[_at_]ax.ibase.org.br> wrote:
> >
> > I read this list very often but, since I am in faraway Brazil, I tend
> > to participate much less than other readers.
> >
> > Does anyone know a good source of information about copyright issues
> > arising from the illegal copying of music through the mp3 format??
> > or about the use of digital watermarks against possible copying of
> > coptrighted materials?
> >
> > I have heard not only of one case about mp3, such as RIAA V. Diamond,
> > but also about record companies which sent many cease and desist letters
> > to website owners which carries illegal mp3 files. Many sites are
> > supposedly being shut down.
> >
> > I am having difficulties in finding other sources of legal info through
> > the web, specially legal articles which deal with this matter directly,
> > or give weight to this issue.
> >
> > All help, or links, will be highly appreciated
>
> I have an LL.M. student, who happens to be from Brazil, who has
> just completed a paper for me on MP3 and copyright -- I have forwarded
> your request to him and I'm sure you'll be hearing from him shortly (and
> probably in Portuguese, just to make your life simpler! :-) David Post

Actually, there is a site that has great links to the RIAA pleadings and to press releases in general re: MP3. It's probably the easiest place to start, because a lot of US newspapers have run articles of varying quality on the subject and I wouldn't waste my time there. As memory serves, the site is http://www.mp3.com/news/. Good luck.

The RIAA website may also have links on the subject.

Sabrina McLaughlin
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of the General Counsel- Room 5876 14th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20230
202.482.0445
smclaughlin1[_at_]doc.gov Received on Thu Apr 29 1999 - 17:36:33 GMT