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.
Expiration of Copyrights. Copyrights do not last forever. The life of a copyright for creative material produced or published after 1977 is the life of the author plus 70 years. In other words, the copyright lasts for as long as the author remains alive and for an additional 70 years after the author dies.