e-tracesSep 10, 2018

The future is here today : you can't play Bach on Facebook because Sony says they own his compositions

James Rhodes, a pianist, performed a Bach composition for his Facebook account, but it didn’t go up — Facebook’s copyright filtering system pulled it down and accused him of copyright infringement because Sony Music Global had claimed that they owned 47 seconds’ worth of his personal performance of a song whose composer has (...)
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The future is here today : you can't play Bach on Facebook because Sony says they own his compositions - e-traces

James Rhodes, a pianist, performed a Bach composition for his Facebook account, but it didn't go up — Facebook's copyright filtering system pulled it down and accused him of copyright infringement…

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@etraces It may be the case that Rhodes ceded rights to his recorded performance if Sony published it. Most likely they are not objecting to Bach but to Rhodes independantly publishing a portion of his performance of Bach, which they previously published. Copyright is a fairly convoluted topic that often requires legal advice to unravel.
Sep 11, 2018 at 12:57pmWeb