Among the official objections were the danger of signals blocking emergency maritime radio channels and the non-payment of copyright fees, but at root the motivation was ideological.
… Well be more outspoken on the whole issue of payment for copyright material and that goes to every aggregator, whether it be Yahoo or Google or Ask.com or anything.
On 10 June the American Association of Independent Music issued a statement warning its members to closely consider the fine print before signing a deal with Apple Music – again, the free trial period's lack of payments to copyright owners stood at the centre of their concerns.
Well, in the case of compositions, these critics are licensees, and therefore the ones making payments to copyright owners.
It would also bar internet advertising providers from making payments to websites accused of copyright violations.
Robert Levine, the author of a book on the digital legal dispute between content creators and online distributors, said the German court ruling was a sensible compromise that could improve the ability of copyright owners to receive payment for their work.
Thousands of Germans were on the end of a nasty surprise just before Christmas, when they they received Abmahnungen (written warnings), letters from lawyers demanding payment of €250 to avoid further legal proceedings for alleged breaches of copyright.
U.S. radio stations already make royalty payments, but only to songwriters, who are protected by a different kind of copyright.
On the expiration of copyright, anyone is free to publish the work in question without payment to the author or his heirs.
Both suits accuse Grooveshark of copyright infringement.
Instead of copyright, there was "copyleft".
