Judge John A. Kronstadt has confirmed the nearly $5 million judgement against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Williams’ More Water From Nazareth Publishing company. The judgement ends the much publicized copyright case brought by the estate of Marvin Gaye over the origins of the smash hit "Blurred Lines" and its…
Category archives: Publishing & Songwriting
Music Metadata: Why You Need To Get It Right
Metadata (aka data about data) has become a huge part of achieving musical success in the digital age. So huge, in fact, that to ignore it, or to have incorrect metadata, can ruin your chances of keeping your head above water in the streaming era. By Chris Robley of CD…
Copyright Flipped On Its Head: A Creators Perspective
Neil Turkewitz challenges some of the common narratives that have recently been spread regarding copyright, including the idea that copyright limits freedom of expression for artists, and works to the advantage of the already rich and powerful. __________________________ Guest post by Neil Turkewitz from Medium Over the course of the…
Tunefind Names Top TV, Film Syncs Of 2018
Tunefind has released its statistically driven Top TV and Film Sync lists of 2018 and for the second year in a row ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy is televisions most influential show when it comes to music. Ruelle tops the artist sync ranking. Tunefind produces the monthly Top TV Songs list which…
New Data: When, Where To Send Your Event Invitation Emails
While emails certainly do a lot for driving ticket sales, it’s easy to wonder if they could be doing more, and artists frequently vacillate between sending too few emails, and bombarding their market base and over-saturating them. Here we look at new data on how to get it right. ___________________________…
10 Tips For Growing Your SoundCloud Community
Part of the main ethos behind SoundCloud which allows it to function is the idea of its users sharing and engaging with each other not just on a musical level, but also sharing common interests and ideas. As an artist, this can make for the perfect environment in which to…
5 Things Missing From Most Musician Facebook Pages
Chris Robley of CD Baby highlights the five things every artist must include on their Facebook page that are so frequently neglected. When it comes to your Facebook page, a first impression is likely the only impression you’ll be able to make. ____________________________ By Chris Robley of CD Baby from…
An Exploration Of Co-publishing, Sub-publishing And Administration Agreements [Pt. 2]
In this second in a multi-part series exploring some of the less well known publishing agreements in the music industry, Justin Jacobson delves into the nitty gritty of sub-publishing agreement and what its implications are for an artist. ____________________________ Guest post by Justin Jacobson, Esq. of the TuneCore Blog This…
PPL, SAMI Partner With Max Martin Startup Auddly For Metadata Management
PPL and SAMI–collective management organizations from the UK and Sweden–have joined forces with Swedish start-up Auddly to support performers with the management of their sound recording metadata. The agreement has led to the creation of a performer verification mechanism which will allow members of the PPL and SAMI to retrieve…
Latest On EU Copyright Directive: No One’s Happy With Article 13, So Maybe Let’s Drop It? [Op-Ed]
As negotiations between the EU Council, EU Commission, and EU Parliament have progressed regarding the EU Copyright directive, something which they all passed different versions of, the directive overall (and Article 13 in particular) has devolved into a mess no one, it seems, wants. __________________________ Op-ed by Mike Masnick of…