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Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, and the 1979 S Music By Black revised Berne Convention for the S Music By Black Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet in a S Music By Black form that is commonly known as music-on-demand.
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