James Hetfield, lead singer of Metallica, the group that initiated the battle against the spread on the Internet for free. Resolutions of the United States government forced the sites charge a subscription to its users.

The extensive battle around the copyrights of the music broadcast over the Internet, which began at least in media impact by the heavy metal group Metallica against Napster site, it seems to reach a certain end, or at least an institutional regularization .

Two news related to the topic were published in the last few hours. For one thing, The World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO announced that within three months, with the ratification of 30 countries, will enter into force of an international treaty to fight music piracy on the Internet.
In addition, the United States government has proposed that organizations transmit music through the computer network pay a royalty according to the number of listeners accessing each site.

The international agreement, adopted in 1996 and called the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, was signed so far by the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile, as well as other European and African countries.
According to WIPO, the treaty will enter into force on 20 May, will protect musicians and the recording industry from the threat of piracy posed by the Internet and other digital technologies and improve their international protection. The agreement recognizes the exclusive rights of reproduction, distribution, commercial rental and public dissemination on the Internet.
The WPPT joins the Treaty of WIPO Copyright devoted more literary property on the Internet, according to enter into force next March 6. The two texts, known as the Internet Treaties, they are designed to protect the building works flowing through the network and prevent their reproduction without any authorization from their authors. Both contain rules on intellectual property of software, writings, art, music and movies in digital version. The WIPO Director General Kamil Idris said that the entry into force of two treaties represents a milestone in the history of international law on copyright and related rights and set to offer more comprehensive protection for creators and established firms working in the digital environment.
For Idris, the two agreements will help to boost the future development of the Internet, electronic commerce and cultural industries information because producers and content creators will have the full confidence that their interests are better protected. The WPPT mainly to protect performers, singers, musicians and record companies, while the WCT is devoted to writers, artists and composers, as well as companies linked to culture and information.