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.
There is both a short answer and a long answer. The short answer is that the cost to formally register a copyright with the Copyright Office is $35. The long answer is that $35 is the application fee, but multiple creative works can potentially be protected under one application. For sound recordings you can register one song, or an entire CD full of songs. Up to 20 songs can be registered using one application. If you are a blogger and wanted to register your work, you could register each individual blog post you make, which would be expensive and time consuming. More conveniently, you could collect your articles and register them together every few months or years.