Before the U.S.

Copyright Office Library of Congress

In the Matter of: Section 512 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment
Docket No. COLC-2015-0013

JOINT COMMENTS of
Council of Music Creators
METAlliance
Songwriters of North America Los Angeles Branch
and

977 individual music writers, performers, producers, business

professionals, and fans
Submitted on behalf of the above by
Phil Galdston, President, Council of Music Creators.

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April 1, 2016

Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyright
Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights
United States Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
Dear Register Pallante and Associate Register Charlesworth,

Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments as a part of your Offices study of the
effectiveness of Section 512 (Safe Harbor provisions) of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA).
We begin with the premise that the intent of Congress in enacting the DMCA was to
strike a balance between protecting composers, songwriters, producers, and performers
on the one hand, and shielding business interests from unreasonable liability for
copyright infringement on the other.
Unfortunately, that is not how it has worked out in practice. Instead, some market
players, like YouTube, have found ways to use the 512 provisions to actually promote,
rather than discourage, the illegal use of copyrighted works, and to enrich themselves in
the process. These companies allow billions of illegal uploads and downloads of
copyrighted material to be made each year, while they avoid prosecution for contributory
infringement by hiding behind the safe harbor provision.
A quick summary of some recent statistics will provide some perspective of the scope
and scale of the problem 1:
1 billion people use YouTube * 2
In 2011, YouTube had more than 1 trillion views; increasing by 40% each year, since
4 billion videos are viewed each day
300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube each minute *
YouTubes estimated revenue $4,000,000,000 *
Most searched for topic on YouTube: music *
It's technically true that YouTube complies with the law by maintaining a process by
which a copyright owner can request that an illegal upload of copyrighted material be
taken down. But, in fact, while YouTube boasts that it has removed a large number of
illegally uploaded files, at the same time, the company displays a blatant disregard for the
Copyright law by permitting the same composition to be uploaded again and again, even
by the same user.

1 Source: DMR (expandedreamblings.com) * 2014; 2012.

2 Teens = 81.9%; Millennials = 81%; Gen X = 58%; Boomers = 43%

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Taking down the same illegal upload hundreds of times does not demonstrate compliance
with the law. On the contrary, it demonstrates contempt for it. The takedown provision
has become a cruel joke in the music creator community, where it is well understood that
illegal uploads and downloads are costing them not just the right to protect their
copyrighted work, but the ability to make a living, while tech companies get rich by
abusing the process.
This same safe harbor provision is also being abused by search engines, like Google, that
steer hundreds of millions of users to websites it knows offer illegal downloads or
unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material. Whatever takedown action Google
provides, the results are the same: huge revenues for companies engaged in illegal
activity and economic devastation for music creators.
The undersigned strongly believe that the DMCA needs to be changed to level the
playing field and fulfill the intent of the legislation. We recommend:

1- Take down should mean stay down. When a music creator files a legitimate
takedown notice, all iterations of that file should stay down. Music creators
should not be required to spend their time in an endless whack-a-mole game,
particularly when companies like YouTube have the ability to identify and protect
copyrighted work at the moment users attempt to upload it.
2- Companies like YouTube that expect the protection of a safe harbor should be
obligated to require those who wish to upload copyrighted material to expressly
confirm that they have the right to do so before the material is uploaded. For
example, currently, YouTube makes no such reasonable demand. The disparity of
treatment of those who upload vs. those who are exercising their legal right to
request a takedown is striking and unfair. Whats more, not only does YouTube
do nothing to educate their users about copyright and their obligations to it, its
practices demean and demonize the copyright holder and the principle of
copyright, itself.
3- Any company that expects the protection of a safe harbor should be required as
a part of its platform and business model to employ the best available technology
to prevent infringement and theft. YouTubes and Googles claims of effective
action miss the point: these uploads should never have been permitted in the first
place.
4- YouTube and other streaming sites possess the software to detect copyrighted
works. Indeed, much of their income is derived from advertising on pages with
illegal content, which they identify using this software. So they could easily
block content a user does not have permission to upload and implement
immediate and final takedown of any work for which a copyright owner has filed
a takedown notice. That they choose not to use their software to comply with the
spirit of the law strongly suggests their contempt for it.

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April 1, 2016

Congress intended and music creators deserve to have their constitutional rights
protected. Right now, the "safe harbor" provisions of the DMCA do the opposite. We
strongly urge the Copyright Office to issue a report that emphasizes the urgent need for a
change in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and a change in current corporate
behavior. By so doing, the Office will help ensure that music creators are not
disrespected and abused and help nurture a sustainable ecosystem for present and future
music creators and the industry that relies on our work.
Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
Council of Music Creators
Phil Galdston, President
David Wolfert, Vice President
Doug Wood, Secretary
Chris Hajian, Board Member
Rebecca Jordan, Board Member
Mark Righter, Board Member
Maria Schneider, Board Member
METAlliance
Chuck Ainlay, Founding Member
Ed Cherney, Founding Member
Frank Filipetti, Founding Member
George Massenburg, Founding Member
Elliot Scheiner, Founding Member
Al Schmitt, Founding Member
Songwriters of North America (SONA) - Los Angeles Branch
Michelle Lewis, Executive Director
Kay Hanley, Co-Executive Director
Shelly Peiken, Secretary
Brendan Okrent, Treasurer
Adam Dorn, Founding Board Member
Jack Kugell, Founding Board Member
Pam Sheyne, Founding Board Member
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Morgan Fisher
Kimberly Fisher
Gary Fitzsimmons
David Fiuczynski
Jakob Flarer
Rob Flax
Alexandra Forbes
Elli Fordyce
Scott Forman
Jim Foster

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Robert Franke
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Jan Fredriksen
Megan Freeman
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David Gilmore
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Hans Glawischnig
Mike Glick
Bob Gluck
Gerald Gnassi
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Gil Goldstein
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Patrice Irving

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Ryan Keberle
Brent Keefe
Geoffrey Keezer
Al Keith
Alexander Keith
Dean Keller
Phil Kelly
Ryan Kelly
William Kennedy
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Wil Key
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David Liebman
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Maxx Mann
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Nathan Marble
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Sherrie Maricle
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Eugene Marlow
John Marr
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Jeffrey Metheny
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Stephen Metzger
Christina Meyer
Derrick Michaels
Sandra Michaels
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Jonathan Zwartz

Council of Music Creators (CMC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and
strengthening the rights of songwriters and composers through education, outreach, and advocacy. CMC
seeks to be a unified, pure voice representing the widest possible spectrum of creators in records, film,
television, jingles, games, theater, and live performance, communicating with the music-making
community and music lovers and users.
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METAlliance is a collaborative community that promotes producers, engineers and audio technology
manufacturers to work together to ensure the highest standards of audio production.
Songwriters Of North America (SONA) is a grassroots songwriter advocacy organization that grew in
response to abysmal licensing rates being paid to music creators by music streaming media companies.
SONAs goals are to effect change from the halls of Washington to the constantly morphing digital music
business; to gather, process and circulate information about issues which directly effect the lives and
livelihoods of songwriters; to ensure that songwriters livelihoods are protected and that the value of our
songs is never sold out or taken for granted.

councilofmusiccreatorsny@gmail.com

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