The Plight of the Roma Europe's Unwanted People. More than 10 million Roma live in Europe. Tens of thousands of them are fleeing westwards from poverty and discrimination in the countries of southeastern Europe. But EU member states are failing to help them.
According to the Student Press Law Center's Guide to Music Licensing for Broadcasting and Webcasting, there's a longstanding myth that you can use up to 30 seconds of music in any way without fear of copyright infringement. Like many myths, this idea has at least a kernel of truth behind it, however poorly understood.
Once Congress extended federal copyright protection to sound recordings, they chose Feb. 15, 2047 as the date those recordings would enter the public domain (a term of 75 years). But thanks to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, that term has been extended to Feb. 15, 2067. Wow, I can hardly wait.