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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, right, is joined by his wife Mary Davis, left, as he appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, right, is joined by his wife Mary Davis, left, as he appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, left, is greeted by United States Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican of Washington), center, as he arrives for a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, right, is joined by his wife Mary Davis, left, as he appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, left, is greeted by United States Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican of Washington), right, as he arrives for a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, right, and his wife Mary Davis, left, talk with Michael Huppe, President and Chief Executive Officer, SoundExchange, center, as they appear before a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, right, is joined by his wife Mary Davis, left, during their opening statement before a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Capitol Hearings - Washington

Randy Travis, Recording artist, right, is sworn in with the help of his wife Mary Davis, left, during a House Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing “Radio Music and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile bookstore in Jordan provides readers with new experience

STORY: Mobile bookstore in Jordan provides readers with new experience DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of mobile bookstore 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IMANE EL QOCHAIRI, Visitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FABIO PAULITTI, Visitor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HAMZA MAMDOUH, Owner of the mobile bookstore STORYLINE: A mobile bookstore is now available for pedestrians walking by downtown Amman of Jordan. Rather than a brick-and-mortar store, it's transformed from a vintage Volkswagen van, allowing people to explore, browse, and purchase their desired books. Hamza Mamdouh, the owner, said after four years of planning, designing, and saving enough funds, his mobile bookstore opened to the public in 2022. It aims to encourage reading by providing a distinctive experience to people while raising their awareness of protecting copyrights and intellectual property. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IMANE EL QOCHAIRI, Visitor "I think it's very clever. I think it's very

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Woman in news: Lawyer publishes comic book on copyright issues

Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2015, shows Misato Kimura, a young Japanese lawyer based in Kyoto, showing a comic book she has drawn to raise awareness about problems associated with copyrights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disgraced J-pop producer-icon Komuro faces suspended prison term

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro speaks at a news conference in Osaka on May 11 after he was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, by the Osaka District Court for swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006 by attempting to sell copyrights for songs he no longer owned. (Kyodo)

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Disgraced J-pop producer-icon Komuro faces suspended prison term

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro bows in apology at the outset of a press conference in Osaka on May 11 after he was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, by the Osaka District Court for swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006 by attempting to sell copyrights for songs he no longer owned. (Kyodo)

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Disgraced J-pop producer-icon Komuro faces suspended prison term

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro bows in apology at the outset of a press conference in Osaka on May 11 after he was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, by the Osaka District Court for swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006 by attempting to sell copyrights for songs he no longer owned. (Kyodo)

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Disgraced J-pop producer-icon Komuro faces suspended prison term

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro speaks at a news conference in Osaka on May 11 after he was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, by the Osaka District Court for swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006 by attempting to sell copyrights for songs he no longer owned. (Kyodo)

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Disgraced J-pop producer-icon Komuro faces suspended prison term

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro arrives at the Osaka District Court in Osaka on May 11 to hear the court's ruling on him. The court sentenced him to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006 by attempting to sell copyrights for songs he no longer owned. (Kyodo)

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Disgraced J-pop producer-icon Komuro faces suspended prison term

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro arrives at the Osaka District Court in Osaka on May 11 to hear the court's ruling on him. The court sentenced him to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006 by attempting to sell copyrights for songs he no longer owned. (Kyodo)

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Disgraced J-pop producer-icon Komuro faces suspended prison term

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro arrives at the Osaka District Court in Osaka on May 11 to hear the court's ruling on him. The court sentenced him to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for swindling an investor out of 500 million yen in 2006 by attempting to sell copyrights for songs he no longer owned. (Kyodo)

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Music producer Komuro pays 648 mil. yen to fraud victim

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro, who was charged for swindling 500 million yen by concluding a contract to sell music copyrights that he did not own, leaves the Osaka District Court in Osaka by car on March 12 after the second hearing of his trial. (Kyodo)

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Pop music producer Komuro pleads guilty to fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro, 50, walks to the Osaka District Court in Osaka for his first court hearing in a fraud case in which he allegedly concluded a contract to sell music copyrights that did not belong to him and swindled an investor out of 500 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Pop music producer Komuro pleads guilty to fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro, 50, enters the Osaka District Court in Osaka for his first court hearing in a fraud case in which he allegedly concluded a contract to sell music copyrights that did not belong to him and swindled an investor out of 500 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Music producer Komuro arrested for fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Music producer Tetsuya Komuro leaves the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office for the Osaka Detention House Nov. 4 after being arrested on suspicion of defrauding an investor of 500 million yen by concluding a contract for the transfer of copyrights he did not own. (Kyodo)

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Music producer Komuro arrested for fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Well-known music producer Tetsuya Komuro (R) heads for the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office by car Nov. 4 to be questioned on suspicion of defrauding an investor of 500 million yen by concluding a contract for the transfer of copyrights he did not own. Later in the day, prosecutors arrested Komuro, known in relation to a large number of pop music hits since the 1990s. (Kyodo)

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Music producer Komuro arrested for fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Well-known music producer Tetsuya Komuro (R) heads for the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office by car Nov. 4 to be questioned on suspicion of defrauding an investor of 500 million yen by concluding a contract for the transfer of copyrights he did not own. Later in the day, prosecutors arrested Komuro, known in relation to a large number of pop music hits since the 1990s. (Kyodo)

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Komuro indicted over copyright fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Famed pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro bows after he was released from the Osaka detention house on 30 million yen bail on Nov. 21. Prosecutors charged him with fraud for concluding a contract to sell music copyrights that did not belong to him and swindling an investor out of 500 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Dutch court orders Sanrio to stop making Cathy goods

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Dutch newspaper which reported Oct. 20, 2010 that a copyright management firm has filed a suit against Japanese character creator Sanrio Co. claiming Sanrio violated children's book author Dick Bruna's copyrights. A court in Amsterdam on Nov. 2 ordered Sanrio to halt production of items related to its rabbit character Cathy, deciding it was an imitation of famous Dutch rabbit character Miffy. (Kyodo)