How to enforce the copyright law for music

Unlike books and movies which have notices of copyrights to the reader or viewer, music on the internet has no such warnings. Moreover, there is no excuse for the downloader if caught to claim that he or she is unaware of the copyright or the law prohibiting the downloading.

The copyright law is an onerous law designed to protect large corporations such as Disney and Universal Studios and music distributors who claim a monopoly to the distribution of these forms of entertainment. The Law gives the power of enforcement to the owner of the copyright and a small number of associations designed to limit the distribution of audio entertainment for payment of license fees, the bulk of which goes to the association, not the artist. The law subjects the downloader to enormous monetary sanctions if the downloader is using his or her computer connected to the internet in the manner for which the computer is designed, and even advertized to be capable of downloading.

But not all music on the internet is covered by a copyright, and to make it even more confusing to the public, some owners of music want their music to be downloaded by the public, freely and without limits whatsoever to give the world pleasure, harmony and enjoyment, much as graffiti gives the world colorful and fanciful displays instead of a bland surface in need of decoration or ornamentation.

So, this invention provides for the requirement that before a sanction can be imposed upon a downloader, the owner of the copyright intending to enforce a copyright must prove that the down-loader was made aware of the intent to enforce the copyright with a loud, unavoidable audio notice preceding every song to be protected by a copyright, advising that downloading the specific material without the owner’s permission is unlawful, subjecting the downloader to penalties.

The audio notice envisioned would also contain an audio signal designed to be harsh, loud, and continuously annoying so that only the most determined downloader would tolerate the sound while everyone else would immediately stop listening to or downloading the song.

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