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.
The Copyright Act of 1976 made some big changes in the previous (1909) law, and enabled copyrights now to be in effect for 50 years after the death of the last-surviving author, and for a special renewal term of 47 years for works (rather than the 28 year period allowed before) that were under copyright before 1978.