{"id":808050,"date":"2020-06-03T10:50:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1009497"},"modified":"2020-06-03T10:50:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:50:08","slug":"eagles-don-henley-calls-on-congress-to-bolster-online-copyright-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/eagles-don-henley-calls-on-congress-to-bolster-online-copyright-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles\u2019 Don Henley Calls on Congress to Bolster Online Copyright Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Eagles<\/a>\u2019 Don Henley<\/a> urged Congress to strengthen anti-piracy rules online while testifying virtually before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday, the Associated Press<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The hearing was held to mull possible changes to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and Henley spoke specifically on the need to update the DMCA\u2019s \u201cnotice and takedown\u201d system. That process allows copyright holders to send a takedown notice to websites or services they believe have posted their content without permission. The offending party can either comply without any consequences or risk legal action.<\/p>\n

For Henley, however, that process is no longer suitable, with the musician describing it as \u201ca relic of a MySpace era in a TikTok world.\u201d He argued in his remarks<\/a> that the current deluge of content uploaded to the internet each day makes it practically impossible for artists to combat copyright infringement, and that for \u201ceach infringing link or file taken down, a dozen more pop up in its place.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201c[D]ue to the antiquated procedures dictated by the DMCA, internet services with clear oversight and control of content posted on their websites are continuing to monetize and collect advertising revenue on videos containing music, even after that music has been flagged by the music creator as infringing. How is that a fair bargain?\u201d<\/p>\n

Henley claimed that websites are more than capable of monitoring for copyright infringement and providing content owners with more effective tools, but actively choose not to. \u201cThese tech giants are afraid that blocking infringing content will reduce traffic, and reducing traffic decreases their ad revenue,\u201d he said. \u201cInstead of focusing on platform improvements that drive consumer satisfaction, they rely on copyrighted material \u2014 whether licensed or not \u2014 to keep consumers engaged. With the DMCA <\/span> as cover, these companies simply have no incentive to improve technological protection measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the hearing, a bipartisan group of senators seemed to agree that the copyright laws required an update. \u201cPiracy has become easier and faster and much, much more common,\u201d Chairman Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, said. \u201cThe current system is failing and it\u2019s failing badly.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast to Henley, the hearing also featured testimony from Jonathan Berroya, CEO of the tech lobbying group Internet Association. He argued that the \u201coverwhelming majority\u201d of copyright infringement occurs on foreign tech platforms, and that tech companies and those in the entertainment industry should come together to find a solution.<\/p>\n

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The Eagles\u2019 Don Henley urged Congress to strengthen anti-piracy rules online while testifying virtually before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The hearing was held to mull possible changes to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and Henley spoke specifically on the need to update the DMCA\u2019s \u201cnotice and takedown\u201d system. That […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-808050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 11:08:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}