Inside a vast temple chamber is the Emerald Buddha, a jadeite statue, that is now wrapped in its gold rainy-season cloak, one of three that are changed by royalty as the seasons change.
"Some South American countries changed their royalty systems.
Designed to update music copyright law for the digital era, the act changes how royalties are paid so more music creators can reliably collect the money they're due.
Ms. Rousseff is moving to address these issues; she changed an oil royalties bill on Friday, shifting 100 percent of future proceeds to an education fund.
As the oil price increased, countries ranging from Kazakhstan to Russia to Venezuela sought to reduce the share of key projects managed by foreign oil companies; even the Canadian province of Alberta tried to change its royalty regime.
At the same time, the nature of royalties has changed, going from larger payments attached to CDs and downloads to fractions of a penny from streaming services.
Pricing hasn't changed since its launch: royalty-free tracks still start at $2 each with Pump Audio tracks going from $29.
He spent years fruitlessly lobbying Congress to change a 1909 royalties law, which requires radio broadcasters to pay composers but not performers.
It is not just attitudes to royalty that have changed.
No change in royalties as other companies (Broadcom, MediaTek) will pick up the volume from STM.
