Category archives: publishing

YouTube Buries Hatchet With GEMA, Meaning Germany Can Watch Videos Again

Germany’s citizens can once again watch YouTube to their hearts content. After years of conflict between everyone’s favorite video sharing site and the German collection society GEMA, it appears the dust has finally settled, with the two companies achieving something resembling resolution. ____________________________ Guest Post by Mike Masnick on Techdirt…

Librarian Of Congress Fails To Alert Oversight Committees Of Massive Abuse Of Copyright Loophole By Google, Amazon [Op-Ed]

Owing to a convenient loophole, Google and Amazon are enjoying selling off the world’s music without the inconvenience of having to pay royalties to songwriters. This recent exploitation comes partly, it seems, courtesy of Carla Hayden, recently appointed Librarian of Congress, writes __________________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of MusicTechPolicy…

Sony Music Settles Months Long Dispute With Songwriting Community

A joint agreement filed with the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board effectively ends a months long dispute between songwriters and Sony Music Entertainment. __________________________ The National Music Publishers’ Association, the Nashville Songwriters Association International and Sony Music Entertainment have all submitted a joint agreement with the Copyright Royalty Board that will…

Why real A&R requires far more than online metrics and YouTube

The following MBW blog comes from Annette Barrett, MD of Reservoir/Reverb Music (pictured, main). Over a 30-year career in music publishing, the British exec has worked with artists including George Michael, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Prince, Sting, and The Police – including stints Virgin Music and Warner/Chappell. Since 2001, she has been MD of … Continued

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YouTube will pay up for past usages as part of landmark GEMA deal

Collection society confirms that it wasn’t seven years’ bad luck for German writersThe post YouTube will pay up for past usages as part of landmark GEMA deal appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

The Time Has Come For Facebook To Accept Songwriters’ Friend Request [David Israelite]

As Facebook has grown and developed, on the video side of things in particular, the time has come for the popular social networking platform to become properly licenesed, lest it risk alienation from songwriters. ___________________________ Guest Post by David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA)…