The apple wins royalty to expend ITunes of operation of controversy as usual

October 4, 2008

It is reported, CRB already mailed means through report, pass adjudication to to association of American digital media (music of Digital Media Association) , United States issues trade association (National Music Publishers Association) , apple and other are online musical store, adjudication says to maintain existing copyright to use fee every song 9.1 cent are changeless. In addition, CRB still maintained CD to have copyright to use fee, nevertheless this committee decides copyright of mobile phone ring makes expense is every 24 cent. This also is CRB decides digital music downloads copyright to use fee first, and this cost is led inside 5 years effective.

Before this, the American music that publishs business interest on behalf of music issues trade association to ask copyright of CRB general song uses cost to increase 15 cent from every current 9 cent, this action sufferred object strongly of the apple. Zhou Er, ” Forbes ” the report says, the apple informs CRB, if copyright makes expense rising, this company ” extremely possible ” shut ITunes.

According to existing agreement, every sell the apple a song, xiang Ge music is made square — record company pays 70 cent, and record company takes out 9.1 cent to pay music to issue trade from which. From the point of the adjudication of CRB, the apple should be this incident is the biggest win the home. Malic spokesman expresses, “We make the adjudication that maintains existing music copyright to make cost fixed express satisfaction to CRB ” .

The message says, be in early in April 2007, eddy Ku of malic ITunes manager (Eddy Cue) ever informed CRB to say, “If ITunes profit no longer rich and generous, the apple is possible no longer operation (ITunes) ” . The personage inside course of study says, the library shows to the warning of CRB the apple is persuading CRB not to raise copyright to use fee all the time, and did a large number of works. (Annals Wei)

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