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   Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 19:33:45 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

   “SB19 song triggers discsussion on music royalties: ‘Respect local artists’”

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   While the pair waited for the music to play, the contestant and the host were told—presumably by a staff member—that they could not play the song. Vice Ganda commented in a rather jocular manner, “Naningil na sila, naningil na.” (They’re now asking for a fee.)

   Curtis, who seemed surprised by the staff’s instruction, asked, “Talaga? Hindi ba good promo ‘yun [playing the song on the show] for the music industry?” (Really? Isn’t playing the song on the show a good promo for the music industry?)

   The actress continued, “May gano’n [fee for playing a song on the show] na pala? Sayang.” (So there’s such a thing already? It’s a pity.)

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   🛈 https://entertainment.inquirer.net/503830/respect-local-artists-sb19-song-triggers-discussion-on-music-royalties

   #Philippines #Ppop #OPM #Copyright #License #Royalties #Music

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     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 20:39:51 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

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     • ♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️
     • Catonauts

     @Catonauts

     Here in the Philippines we have “Ignorance of the law is not an excuse”. I think I also heard something like “Ignorance is not a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card”.

     I'm not sure if we have something related in Filipino.

     But, yeah, it's true. Sometimes it is unfair, but it is up to the judge to decide.

     @youronlyone@calckey.social

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     Catonauts (catonauts@calckey.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 20:39:52 JST Catonauts

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     • ♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️

     @youronlyone @youronlyone@c.im We have a saying in German that means like "Stupidity/Ignorance doesn´t protect one from laws" (a literal translation into English wouldn´t work)

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     ♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️ (youronlyone@calckey.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Jun-2023 20:39:55 JST ♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️

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     For people like them who also produce their own songs, it is a wonder they have no idea about #Copyright, #Licenses, and #Royalties.
     
     This is the problem when you rely on your staff to do everything for you. Or, you simply don't give a da*n for whatever reason.
     
     To Anne Curtis, there is a law called Copyright law. While yes playing the song on your show is a good promotion, the Copyright law states that you should have acquired a License to perform it publicly. It is also outside of the “fair use policy”―which we don't have in the Philippines, but we have something similar yet not exactly the same.
     
     Yes, Anne Curtis, there is “such a thing” since the 1700s.
     
     A friendly advise, Mrs. Anne Curtis-Smith, study Copyright because if your attitude is like that, you might accidentally do something that falls under #CopyrightInfringement. You probably will claim, “it's on the Internet so it's free to use” or “I used CTTO”.
     
     Then the Rightsholder of whatever work you infringe upon brings you to court. Then you'll probably argue, “I've already taken it all down”, and surprise, none of those will save you from an infringement case, unless the Rightsholder accepts an out-of-court settlement.
     
     No one is above the law. Most of us are just getting “lucky” no one sued us yet. But, one wrong move. Infringe on the Rights of the wrong person or entity…
     
     Oh, one last thing, not because you don't hear about Copyright infringement cases does it mean it is not happening. Either no one is bothering to cover such cases (because it doesn't sell), or the defendants or the Rightsholder, are keeping the processing behind close doors. After all, a Copyright Infringement can be very damaging to one's reputation, and a Rightsholder only wants to get paid, not to shame the offender.
     
     @youronlyone@c.im