Category archives: publishing

Compromise Proposal To Fix Streaming Royalties, Licensing, Notification [DAVID LOWERY]

Here David Lowery outlines his proposal for a modification of proposed legislation from the NMPA which would to solve issues with streaming royalties and licensing in a manner which would benefit all parties involved. __________________________________ Guest post by David Lowery of The Trichordist I have a feeling I’m about to…

How Smart Musicians Protect And Secure Their Songs

While today’s artists have a wide variety of outlets for distributing their music, so many avenues can also make artists more vulnerable to having their work copied or taken. Here we look at several different strategies, simple and complex, for artists to secure and protect their music. _____________________________ In this…

Contract Dispute With Game Publisher Causes Game Music Composer To Go On DMCA Blitz Against Innocent YouTubers

In this article we explore the intersecting of YouTubers at the mercy of intellectual property laws and rampant abuse of the DMCA process, after a disgruntled game music composer began sending angry DMCA notices to YouTube in the wake of a contract dispute. ___________________________ Guest post by Timothy Geigner on…

Metro Boomin was the USA’s biggest hit songwriter of Q1 2017

Leland Wayne leads songwriter chart compiled by Royalty Exchange for MBW

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