Article: Embattled record companies facing new threat as copyrights expire outside United States

Article: RECORDING BOOTLEGGERS: PIRATES OR FANS? RECORD ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 14, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... released by the Beatles' record companies, both in the United States and abroad, and many ... ordered for resale in the United States. The court papers also ... organization representing 45 United States record companies - valued each of the ...

Article: RECORD COMPANIES DIFFER ON WHAT'S EXPLICIT.(Living)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 16, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... the records sold in the United States, said it would leave the ... label up to the individual record companies. "I think our member ... Talaat noted that some record companies appear to base their labeling ... censorship and contends that the record companies are unfairly ...

Article: COLUMN: Reigning in record companies
University Wire;  October 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... More alarming is the record companies' suggestion to track ... killer for the record companies that engage in these ... people across the United States. Also, automated ... not be legal. The record companies' victory against ...

Article: Pop stars learn to live with pirates In China, record ...
International Herald Tribune;  February 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... overstatement. Record companies say that what ... Europe and the United States, where music ... the same for record companies whether people ... multinational record companies serving the ... In the United States and Europe ...

Article: RIAA: United States Secures Victory in Geneva; Two ...
PR Newswire;  December 20, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... treaties that protect record companies, performers and ... First, they provide record companies with the exclusive ... transmissions will benefit record companies and performers alike ... prerecorded music, the United States clearly gains most ...

Article: The New Payola // Record Companies Use Perks To ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... 350,000 copies in the United States since its July release ... popularized the term "payola" - record companies are still engaged in the ... business and up until recently record companies have just put up with it ... including film distribution, record companies rarely ...

Article: AMWAY CORPORATION AND HIGH LEVEL AMWAY DISTRIBUTORS SUED BY ...
PR Newswire;  February 20, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... industry's largest record companies filed a multi-million ... authorization of the record companies, including some ... more. Filed in the United States District Court ... accompaniment. "The record companies' properties are ...