[Above My Pay Grade]

How long before they demand every individual list and pay royalties on every copyrighted song they sing in the shower?

At some point the music industry is going to infuriate the public so much with this nonsense that copyright protection will be rolled back or repealed.

Personally, I think all non-commercial use of songs should be considered fair use. I’m not talking about mass file sharing of digital music, but singing a copyrighted song at a party or school event should be free.

[Hawthorn]

>> copyright protection will be rolled back or repealed <<

Has already happened:

In 1998, Congress changed the laws so that restaurants and retail store below a certain size are now exempt -- with certain exceptions -- from paying royalties to songwriters and music publishers.

FWIW, I think this change was terribly wrong. But Congress never asked my opinion!

[Notary Sojac]

I'm all in favor of strong copyright protection for the ORIGINAL duration. That is, 14 years with an option to extend (if requested by the author) to 28.

The idea that copyrights need to last for a century is pure barbra streisand.