SANTA CRUZ, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Hank Risan, CEO of Media Rights Technologies (MRT):
As the developer of the only effective digital copyright protection on the market, I am shocked to see the deliberate avoidance of protections mandated by U.S. Copyright Law.
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Earlier this year, Copyright Royalty Board Judges determined that stream ripping and serial copying justify the recent arbitrated royalty rate hikes for Internet broadcasting. Every piece of copyrighted media delivered online without protection is fully exposed to piracy. Chapters 1, 10, 11 and 12 of Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Act clearly state the requirement for anti-piracy technologies; yet the most prominent and influential content delivery services including Real Music, Yahoo, iTunes and MSN Music defy the law, endangering our most valuable asset: American Intellectual Property. And now they have the temerity to ask Congress for discounted royalty rates.
A deep dedication to the creative arts has driven MRT to develop and deploy SeCure X1, our powerful copy control technology which eliminates stream ripping and serial copying of digital content. The RIAA has vetted SeCure X1, conducted stringent tests, and deemed it 100% effective as an anti-piracy solution. MRT and RIAA then made Microsoft, Adobe, Real Networks and Apple Inc. fully aware of SeCure X1, but as device manufacturers as well as content distributors, these corporations clearly have no interest in protecting the material they deliver, regardless of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act. MRT will file an injunction for massive copyright infringement against these four device manufacturers because they have circumvented existing technologies, allow for and induce piracy of intellectual property. Over 10 billion iPods, iPhones, Zunes, Flash Players, Windows Media Players, Real Players and other devices from these manufacturers account for 98% of digital distribution, thereby causing billions of dollars in losses to the digital media industry. For example, Apple's iPhone will be released today at AT&T stores enabling internet broadcasts to be stream ripped directly from iTunes and transmitted to the phone, royalty free. All of these devices must either be immediately redesigned or removed from the market.
SeCure X1 is implemented on BlueBeat.com, making BlueBeat the only music service online that adheres to Copyright Law. It is immune to piracy's ever-growing threat, and as such should not be treated in the same manner as the mega-distributors, who are in effect handing out perfect copies of copyrighted content for redistribution to anyone with online access.
The higher royalty rates determined by the CRB are due to piracy, and should apply to those who refuse to protect their content against serial copying. Anti-piracy technology is available and effective, and can be easily implemented. Companies that circumvent or refuse this solution should be held accountable for Industry losses and should face criminal sanctions from The Department of Justice. Companies that have properly safeguarded their distributed material should not be subject to the same fees as the blatant infringers.
In its crucial time of need, American Copyright Law has been abandoned and neglected. In order for a distributor to be eligible for a rate discount, they should be required to implement technological measures to protect copyright. If the Internet Radio Equality Act is signed into law without provisions for anti-piracy technologies, mega-distributors will continue to abuse the system and the cost of piracy will be borne by the American people. More importantly, a prime opportunity to properly protect American Intellectual Property will have been squandered.
Media Contacts:
Quake Cox, Media Rights Technologies
831-426-4412, quake@mediarightstech.com
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CONTACT: Quake Cox of Media Rights Technologies, +1-831-426-4412,
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