This is the madness of modern copyright:
The people who create the music can't play their music because the people who published their albums own their music.
The people who create the music can't play their music because the people who published their albums own their music.
https://twitter.com/MImi_TheSound/status/1304589237300400130
Because the audiences are so large and the rules for collecting royalties on streamed songs is so byzantine (trust me, I know), Facebook is simply disallowing all of it.
One of the biggest companies on the planet simply can't contend with managing copyright.
Think about that.
One of the biggest companies on the planet simply can't contend with managing copyright.
Think about that.
The more people watch your stream, the more you owe for playing a song. You have to monitor how many people were listening, when, and to what song.
You have to compile this data and send it for processing to determine the royalties you owe.
You have to compile this data and send it for processing to determine the royalties you owe.
A live stream of a live musician playing a song live should be regarded the same as any other live performance, but it isn't.
I sincerely doubt any company or any service is prepared to contend with the accounting nightmare of every musician playing live online.
I sincerely doubt any company or any service is prepared to contend with the accounting nightmare of every musician playing live online.
Just try to grasp how intricate, demanding and unforgiving the royalties system is when Facebook balks at attempting to contend with it.
Facebook, who are so massive and invasive they know the exact color of the shit you took today, looked at streaming royalties and noped out.
Facebook, who are so massive and invasive they know the exact color of the shit you took today, looked at streaming royalties and noped out.
Musicians have to eat, they have to pay bills, and they have to exist. They need to be compensated.
The system is so screwed up it's working at cross purposes, grinding along in spite of them so now when live streaming is the lifeline for musicians, copyright threatens it.
The system is so screwed up it's working at cross purposes, grinding along in spite of them so now when live streaming is the lifeline for musicians, copyright threatens it.
Oh, and even if you "opt out," if you're an indie or a small label or you own all your own stuff ...
There's no mechanism in place to inform Facebook of that, and no way to make an exception in the bots.
Even if you're not in the system, you're in the system.
There's no mechanism in place to inform Facebook of that, and no way to make an exception in the bots.
Even if you're not in the system, you're in the system.
You can't simply say, "Hey, Facebook, I hold all the rights to this music I'm playing, so turn off copyright monitoring please."
Do you have documentation to that effect? How does Facebook confirm that? Who do you even send it to? Is there even a department that handles it?
Do you have documentation to that effect? How does Facebook confirm that? Who do you even send it to? Is there even a department that handles it?
There's nothing in the DMCA that allows for that, so you're talking private agreements with both a thousand thousand small labels AND the big ones like Warner Bros, Universal, etc.
Facebook has no incentive.
Facebook has no incentive.
https://twitter.com/fermosquera69/status/1304606820493910017
And what's more, the large labels have no incentive and are notoriously protective of their rightsholding.
The reason they allow YouTube any leeway is technically, they kinda sorta "own" part of it after the Viacom ruling. (This is why copyright on YouTube is so unforgiving.)
The reason they allow YouTube any leeway is technically, they kinda sorta "own" part of it after the Viacom ruling. (This is why copyright on YouTube is so unforgiving.)
It's a whole other topic, but the short version is the music industry was blindsided by Napster and ever since went into a paranoid fury about anything regarding the internet.
They don't like making deals, they demand large fees, and they own politicians.
They don't like making deals, they demand large fees, and they own politicians.
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