How Department Of Justice Verdict Negatively Impacts Songwriters

Here an entertainment lawyer lends his perspective on a recent decision handed down by the Department of Justice, a decision which ignored the advice of copyright experts and served to further strip songwriters of their rights. _______________________________________ In this piece on MusicThinkTank, Wallace Collins examines the impact had by the…

Music Publishing News Roundup 7.22.16: Apple Streaming Royalty Proposal • SOCAN Buys Audiam • VKontakte Preps Streamer • More

Apple has proposed a streaming royalty rate with the Copyright Royalty Board as part of a preceding to set statutory rates for downloads and interactive streaming services. The proposed rate, intended to simplify the way on-demand streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify pay songwriters and publishers, is 9.1 cents…

Canadian Music PRO SOCAN Acquires Jeff Price’s Audiam "to finally fix the global industry problems"

In May, Canadian performing rights organization SOCAN acquired music and metadata delivery technology provider MediaNet. Late yesterday, they added Audiam, a digtal music licensing and royalty collection service, to their music tech portfolio. _______________________________________________ Canadian performing tights organization SOCAN has acquired Audiam. Founded in 2013 by TuneCore founder and former…

A2IM, RIAA & Concord File Amicus Brief To Fight Pre-1972 Recordings Court Decision

A recent court decision that pre-1972 recordings are subject to the “safe harbor“ provisions of the DMCA ran contrary to all previous rulings, and sent shock waves through the music industry. Now, trade groups and labels are banning together to overturn the ruling. ______________________________________________________ A2IM, along with the RIAA and…

Internet Radio’s “Value Shift” In Waiting [Glenn Peoples]

Could it be that the best way for musicians and rights holders to earn more money moving forward it to get more listeners to ditch traditional AM/FM radio in favor of online streaming? According to the math, services like Pandora provide higher payouts for more royalty types than their broadcast…